The logic of slavery : debt, technology, and pain in American literature

Publication Data

• Title The logic of slavery : debt, technology, and pain in American literature
• Author Tim Armstrong
• Publisher Cambridge University Press
• Publication date 2012
• Publication location Cambridge
• Language English

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Slavery, insurance, and sacrifice: the embodiment of capital; 2. Debt, self-redemption, and foreclosure; 3. Machines inside the machine: slavery and technology; 4. The hands of others: sculpture and pain; 5. The sonic veil; 6. Slavery in the mind: trauma and the weather; Notes; Index.

Topics

• Slavery in literature
• American literature :: 19th century :: History and criticism
• American literature :: 20th century :: History and criticism
• American literature :: African American authors :: History and criticism
• Slavery in art
• Slavery :: United States :: History
• Slavery :: Psychological aspects
• Slavery :: Economic aspects
• Commodification
• Reification

The logic of slavery : debt, technology, and pain in American literature by Tim Armstrong. ISBN 9781107607811. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.