Aloka Patel teaches at the Department of English, Sambalpur University.

Introduction 
Life and Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–96) 
Literary, Historical and Political Contexts 
Slavery, Race and Colonization  
Conceptualizations of Race in Uncle Tom’s Cabin 
Christianity and Uncle Tom’s Cabin 
The Roles of Women: Home and the World 
Form and Style
Reception of Uncle Tom’s Cabin 
Importance of Uncle Tom’s Cabin 
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 
Notes and Annotations

Critical Readings 
‘Notices of New Works’ from The Southern Literary Messenger 
Unsigned; Probably John R. Thompson 
The Kentucky Model: Economics, Individualism and Domesticity in Uncle Tom’s Cabin 
Kenneth Hada 
Selected Bibliography