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Coral Lives: Literature, Labor, and the Making of America
A literary and cultural history of coralas 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 Read more