| Author/Contributor(s): | Ryan, Susan M |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Date: | 12/14/2004 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Susan M. Ryan explores antebellum Americans' preoccupation with the language and practice of benevolence. Drawing on a variety of cultural and literary texts, she traces how people working and writing within social reform movements--and their outspoken...