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Easily the most controversial antislavery novel written in antebellum America, and one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century, Uncle Tom's Cabin is often credited with intensifying the sectional conflict that led to the Civil War. In his introduction, David Bromwich places Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel in its Victorian contexts and reminds us why it is an enduring work of literary and moral imagination.

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"How does political change take hold? In the 1850s, politicians and abolitionists despaired, complaining that the 'North, the poor timid, mercenary, driveling North' offered no forceful opposition to the power of the slaveholding South. And yet, as John L. Brooke proves, the North did change. Inspired by brave fugitives who escaped slavery and the cultural craze that was Uncle Tom's Cabin, the North rose up to battle slavery, ultimately waging the bloody Civil War. While Lincoln's alleged quip about the little woman who started the big war has been oft-repeated, scholars have not fully explained the dynamics between politics and culture in the decades leading up to 1861. Rather than simply viewing the events of the 1850s through the lens of party politics, 'There Is a North' is the first book to explore how cultural action -- including minstrelsy, theater, and popular literature -- transformed public opinion and political structures. Taking the North's rallying cry as his title, Brooke shows how the course of history was forever changed"--

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Sociology of literature --- Beecher-Stowe, Harriet --- African Americans in literature --- Slavery in literature --- Noirs américains dans la littérature --- Esclavage dans la littérature --- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, --- Political fiction, American --- Didactic fiction, American --- African Americans in literature. --- Uncle Tom (Fictitious character) --- Slavery in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Uncle Tom --- Noirs américains dans la littérature --- Esclavage dans la littérature --- Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896) --- Afro-Américains --- Esclavage --- Critique et interprétation --- Dans la littérature

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African Americans in literature --- Afro-Americans in literature --- Afro-Amerikanen in de literatuur --- Afro-Américains dans la littérature --- Amerikaanse zwarten in de literatuur --- Black Americans in literature --- Negroes in literature --- Noirs américains dans la littérature --- Zwarte Amerikanen in de literatuur --- Books and reading --- Literature and society --- African Americans in literature. --- History --- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, --- Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher --- United States --- 19th century

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African Americans in literature --- American fiction --- American fiction --- American fiction --- Plantation life in literature --- Slavery in literature --- Women and literature --- Women, White --- White authors --- History and criticism --- Women authors --- History and criticism --- History and criticism --- History --- Intellectual life --- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, --- Southern States --- In literature.