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White-jacket, or, The world in a man-of-war

Melville, Herman, 1819-18912000
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The autocratic regime Herman Melville shows aboard the "Neversink" is regarded as a microcosm of pre-Civil War America. But under this runs another unspoken connection: the treatment meted out to the white men on the man-of-war is the same as that experienced by black slaves across America.
Main title:
White-jacket, or, The world in a man-of-war / Herman Melville ; with an introduction by Tony Tanner and explanatory notes by John Dugdale.
Author:
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891Tanner, TonyDugdale, John
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1990 (reissued 2000)
Collation:
xl, 441 p. : ill. ; 20cm.
Series title:
Oxford world's classics
Notes:
Cover title: The world in a man-of-war.Includes bibliography (p. xxxvii-xxxviii)
ISBN:
9780192838018 (pbk)
Language:
English
Added title:
World in a man-of-war
Subject:
United States -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction
BRN:
1562089
Bookmark link:
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