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CORAL LIVES: LITERATURE, LABOR, & THE MAKING OF AMERICA ACCESSORIES immigrationA 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