Inseparable - The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous with American History (Paperback)

Twins Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-1874), conjoined at the sternum by a band of cartilage and a fused liver, were "discovered" in Siam by a British merchant in 1824. Yunte Huang depicts the twins, arriving in Boston in 1829, first as museum exhibits but later as financially savvy showmen. Their rise from freak-show celebrities to rich southern gentry; their marriage to two white sisters, resulting in twenty-one children; and their owning of slaves is here not just another sensational biography but an excavation of America's historical penchant for finding feast in the abnormal, for tyrannizing the "other"-a tradition that, as Huang reveals, becomes inseparable from American history itself.

General

Imprint:	Liveright Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2019
Authors:	Yunte Huang
Dimensions:	211 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-1-63149-545-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-63149-545-3
Barcode:	9781631495458

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