Nineteenth-century America witnessed some of the most important and fruitful areas of intersection between the law and humanities, as people began to realize th

Nineteenth-century America witnessed some of the most important and fruitful areas of intersection between the law and humanities, as people began to realize th

This volume addresses the political contexts in which nineteenth-century American literature was conceived, consumed, and criticized. It shows how a variety of

Nineteenth-Century Americans saw danger lurking everywhere: in railway cars and trolleys, fireplaces and floods, and amid social and political movements, from t