The Speeches of Frederick Douglass

A Critical Edition

Frederick Douglass (Autor)

John R. McKivigan IV, Julie Husband, Heather L. Kaufman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

688 Seiten

2018
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-19217-9 (ISBN)

Infos

A collection of twenty of Frederick Douglass’s most important orations

This volume brings together twenty of Frederick Douglass’s most historically significant speeches on a range of issues, including slavery, abolitionism, civil rights, sectionalism, temperance, women’s rights, economic development, and immigration. Douglass’s oratory is accompanied by speeches that influenced him, his reflections on successful rhetorical strategies, contemporary commentary on his performances, and modern-day assessments of his rhetorical legacy.

Autor

John R. McKivigan is Mary O’Brien Gibson Professor of United States History at Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis. He is the general editor of Yale’s Frederick Douglass Papers series. Julie Husband is Professor of Language and Literatures at Northern Iowa University. Heather L. Kaufman is Research Associate with the Frederick Douglass Papers.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.10.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 5 b-w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 210 mm
• Gewicht: 816 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Briefe / Präsentation / Rhetorik
• ISBN-10: 0-300-19217-7 / 0300192177
• ISBN-13: 978-0-300-19217-9 / 9780300192179
• Zustand: Neuware