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Lives of Chang and Eng : Siam's Twins in Nineteenth-Century America by Joseph Andrew Orser (2014, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press
ISBN-101469618303
ISBN-139781469618302
eBay Product ID (ePID)201593082
Product Key Features
Book TitleLives of Chang and Eng : Siam's Twins in Nineteenth-Century America
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPeople with Disabilities, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Asia / General, Siblings
Publication Year2014
IllustratorYes
GenreFamily & Relationships, Social Science, History
AuthorJoseph Andrew Orser
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight2 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-015419
ReviewsOrser's well-crafted and meticulously researched account of the lives of Chang and Eng makes a wide-ranging contribution to U.S. history, touching on everything from race and sectionalism to international relations and the politics of family and sexuality. As such, it will be of broad interest to antebellum social and cultural historians and will likely stand as the definitive biography of Chang and Eng Bunker for years to come." -- Journal of the Early Republic, Orser's well-crafted and meticulously researched account of the lives of Chang and Eng makes a wide-ranging contribution to U.S. history, touching on everything from race and sectionalism to international relations and the politics of family and sexuality. As such, it will be of broad interest to antebellum social and cultural historians and will likely stand as the definitive biography of Chang and Eng Bunker for years to come.-- Journal of the Early Republic, Orser's well-crafted and meticulously researched account of the lives of Chang and Eng makes a wide-ranging contribution to U.S. history, touching on everything from race and sectionalism to international relations and the politics of family and sexuality. As such, it will be of broad interest to antebellum social and cultural historians and will likely stand as the definitive biography of Chang and Eng Bunker for years to come. -- Journal of the Early Republic, Meticulously researched. . . . Orser is an expert on his subject. -- The Journal of Southern History
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal616/.043
SynopsisConnected at the chest by a band of flesh, Chang and Eng Bunker toured the United States and the world from the 1820s to the 1870s, placing themselves and their extraordinary bodies on exhibit as freaks of nature and Oriental curiosities. More famously known as the Siamese twins, they eventually settled in rural North Carolina, married two white sisters, became slave owners, and fathered twenty-one children between them. Though the brothers constantly professed their normality, they occupied a strange space in nineteenth-century America. They spoke English, attended church, became American citizens, and backed the Confederacy during the Civil War. Yet in life and death, the brothers were seen by most Americans as monstrosities, an affront they were unable to escape. Joseph Andrew Orser chronicles the twins' history, their sometimes raucous journey through antebellum America, their domestic lives in North Carolina, and what their fame revealed about the changing racial and cultural landscape of the United States. More than a biography of the twins, the result is a study of nineteenth-century American culture and society through the prism of Chang and Eng that reveals how Americans projected onto the twins their own hopes and fears., Connected at the chest by a band of flesh, Chang and Eng Bunker toured the United States and the world from the 1820s to the 1870s, placing themselves and their extraordinary bodies on exhibit as "freaks of nature" and "Oriental curiosities." More famously known as the Siamese twins, they eventually settled in rural North Carolina, married two white sisters, became slave owners, and fathered twenty-one children between them. Though the brothers constantly professed their normality, they occupied a strange space in nineteenth-century America. They spoke English, attended church, became American citizens, and backed the Confederacy during the Civil War. Yet in life and death, the brothers were seen by most Americans as "monstrosities," an affront they were unable to escape.Joseph Andrew Orser chronicles the twins' history, their sometimes raucous journey through antebellum America, their domestic lives in North Carolina, and what their fame revealed about the changing racial and cultural landscape of the United States. More than a biography of the twins, the result is a study of nineteenth-century American culture and society through the prism of Chang and Eng that reveals how Americans projected onto the twins their own hopes and fears., Connected at the chest by a band of flesh, Chang and Eng Bunker toured the US and the world from the 1820s to the 1870s, placing themselves and their extraordinary bodies on exhibit. Joseph Andrew Orser chronicles the twins' history, their sometimes raucous journey through antebellum America, their domestic lives in North Carolina, and what their fame revealed about the changing racial and cultural landscape of the US.
LC Classification NumberQM691.B86O77 2014
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- 23 Oct, 2019
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My sons are direct descendants of Chang and Adelaide Bunker so this book is part of their history. I am definitely going to have to get another copy so that they both have a copy of the book. To anyone who is related to or just interested in the twins I do recommend this book. It's an interesting read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
