American geographics : U.S. national narratives and the representation of the non-European world, 1830-1865
by
 
Harvey, Bruce A.

Title
American geographics : U.S. national narratives and the representation of the non-European world, 1830-1865

Author
Harvey, Bruce A.

ISBN
9780804740456
 
9780804740463

Personal Author
Harvey, Bruce A.

Publication Information
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2001.

Physical Description
331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents
Introduction - Beyond Manifest Destiny: American Studies, National Identity, and Other Worlds -- 1. The World as Pedagogical Spectacle: Antebellum Geography Textbooks -- 2. "Precepts Graven on Every Breast": Melville's Typee, Polynesia, and the Forms of the Law -- 3. Desire, Transgression, and the Holy Land -- 4. The Archaeological Sublime of Tropical America: Ephraim G. Squier and John L. Stephens -- 5. Outgrowing the Boundaries of North America: Martin R. Delany, Africa, and the Question of African-American Agency -- Conclusion - The World Archive and the National Canon of Memory.

Subject Term
American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
 
Travelers' writings, American -- History and criticism.
 
Americans -- Foreign countries -- History -- 19th century.
 
Latin America -- Foreign public opinion, American -- History.
 
Middle East -- Foreign public opinion, American -- History.
 
Travel writing -- History -- 19th century.

Geographic Term
Oceania -- Foreign public opinion, American -- History.
 
Africa -- Foreign public opinion, American -- History.

Electronic Access
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam021/2001020607.html
 
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam027/2001020607.html


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