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Mary Esteve provides a study of crowd representations in American literature from the antebellum era to the early twentieth century. As a central icon of politi

These diverse essays recast the place of aesthetics in production & consumption of American literature. Contributors showcase the interpretive possibilities ava

When sociology emerged as a discipline in the late nineteenth century, the problem of crowds constituted one of its key concerns. It was argued that crowds shoo

The book analyzes the evolution of antebellum literary explorations of sympathy and human contact in the 1850s and 1860s. It will appeal to undergraduates and s

Kassanoff shows how Wharton participated in debates on race, class and democratic pluralism at the turn of the twentieth century.