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White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War: Volume Five, Scholarly Edition (Melville) by Herman Melville, Harrison Hayford, Thomas G. Tanselle, Hershel Parker is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War: Volume Five, Scholarly Edition (Melville) about?
In 1843, after years of voyaging in the South Seas, Herman Melville signed up as a seaman on the man-of-war UNITED STATES, headed for home. What he observed formed the basis for this expose of autocratic practices which meted out to white men on board the same treatment as black slaves received on plantations. Published in 1850, WHITE JACKET reflected deep-rooted tensions that led to the Civil War 15 years later.
Who reads White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War: Volume Five, Scholarly Edition (Melville)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Herman Melville, Harrison Hayford, Thomas G. Tanselle, Hershel Parker
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press ; Newberry Library
- Published
- 1970
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780810108226
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Adventure, Fiction, Literary Fiction
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