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
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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
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Oceania -- Foreign public opinion, American -- History.
Africa -- Foreign public opinion, American -- History.
Electronic Access
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| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015727718 | 910.4072073 H341A 2001 | 1 |