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Autore |
Murphy Gretchen <1971-> |
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Titolo |
Hemispheric imaginings [[electronic resource] ] : the Monroe Doctrine and narratives of U.S. empire / / Gretchen Murphy |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, c2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nationalism - United States - Historiography |
Racism - Political aspects - Historiography |
Imperialism - Historiography |
International relations in literature |
Nationalism in literature |
Imperialism in literature |
Monroe doctrine |
United States Foreign relations Historiography |
Western Hemisphere Relations United States |
United States Relations Western Hemisphere |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-184) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : writing the hemisphere -- Separate (hemi)spheres : John Quincy Adams, Lydia Maria Child, and the domestic ideology of the Monroe Doctrine -- Selling Jim Crow from Salem to Yokohama -- Geographic morality and the new world -- Gringos abroad : rationalizing empire with Richard Harding Davis -- Conclusion : the remains of the doctrine. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Examines the key role that the spatial construct (embodied by the Monroe Doctrine) of the western hemisphere played in enabling and effacing U.S. empire. |
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