02309oam 22005654a 450 991079392690332120220208010250.00-8139-4388-4(CKB)4100000010134874(OCoLC)1117314228(MdBmJHUP)muse83358(MiAaPQ)EBC6031612(EXLCZ)99410000001013487420190827d2020 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierColonizing the Past Mythmaking and Pre-Columbian Whites in Nineteenth-Century American Writing /Edward WattsFirst edition.London :University of Virginia Press,2020.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2020©2020.1 online resource0-8139-4386-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: The Primordial Nation -- Welsh Indians in the Early Republic -- The Lost Tribes and the Found Nation -- The White Mound Builders and the Lessons of Prehistory -- Dwarf Epics and the Ancient Irish -- The Norse Forefathers of the American Empire"This book examines nineteenth-century myths of pre-Colombian whites in the United States, as well as literary satires of those myths by authors such as Washington Irving and Mark Twain"--Provided by publisher.Mythology in literatureColonies in literatureWhite people in literatureNational characteristics, American, in literatureImperialism in literatureAmerican literature19th centuryHistory and criticismAmericaIn literatureMythology in literature.Colonies in literature.White people in literature.National characteristics, American, in literature.Imperialism in literature.American literatureHistory and criticism.810.9/3587001Watts Edward1964-1572466MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910793926903321Colonizing the Past3847436UNINA