What if the American experiment is twofold, encompassing both democracy and tyranny? That is the question at the core of this book, which traces some of ways th

How medieval-inspired racial feudalism reigned in early America and was challenged by Black liberal thinkers Though the United States has been heralded as a bea

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What happens if we reconsider the literature of the Civil War North in light of the transformation of the federal state's power? While literary scholarship abou

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