02258nam 2200481 450 991080928460332120230629225041.00-8139-4609-3(CKB)4940000000609591(MiAaPQ)EBC6367685(Au-PeEL)EBL6367685(EXLCZ)99494000000060959120211004d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFellow travelers how road stories shaped the idea of the Americas /John OchoaCharlottesville ;London :University of Virginia Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (179 pages)New World Studies0-8139-4607-7 Intro -- Contents -- To the Reader: An Outstretched Hand -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Fools of Empire -- 2. Dying Pastoral -- 3. The Size of Domesticity 1 -- 4. The Size of Domesticity 2 -- 5. Doesn't He Ever Learn -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index."Fellow Travelers examines accounts of pairs of men who travel together from three historical crossroads in the Americas: the "new dawn" at the end of the colonial period; the period of expansion into the frontier; and "containment" during the Cold War. During each of these times, the nations of North and South were either inventing or reinventing themselves in the shadow of empire, and during these times, travel accounts describing "what is out there" provided road maps for these reinventions"--Provided by publisher.New World studies.Fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismTravelers' writingsHistory and criticismTravel writingHistory20th centuryAmericaLiteraturesHistory and criticismFictionHistory and criticism.Travelers' writingsHistory and criticism.Travel writingHistory809.304Ochoa John1482870MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809284603321Fellow travelers3969155UNINA