Coral Lives: Literature, Labor, and the Making of America
Michele Currie Navakas, "Coral Lives: Literature, Labor, and the Making of America"
English | ISBN: 0691240116 | 2023 | 240 pages | PDF | 21 MB
English | ISBN: 0691240116 | 2023 | 240 pages | PDF | 21 MB
A literary and cultural history of coral—as an essential element of the marine ecosystem, a personal ornament, a global commodity, and a powerful political metaphor
Today, coral and the human-caused threats to coral reef ecosystems symbolize our ongoing planetary crisis. In the nineteenth century, coral represented something else; as a recurring motif in American literature and culture, it shaped popular ideas about human society and politics. In
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