MOBOCRACY: THE MOB AND AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1782-1851

This dissertation examines the role of the mob in Early American literature, and how the mob continues to be an essential part of American society. Chapter one uses Linebaugh's and Rediker's The Many-Headed Hydra to argue that early American authors acted as demagogues attempting to contr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacBride, Michael David
Format: Others
Published: OpenSIUC 2014
Subjects:
mob
Online Access:https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/836
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1839&context=dissertations