03015nam 2200781 a 450 991081142310332120200520144314.01-282-55597-997866125559780-472-02576-710.3998/mpub.189323(CKB)2560000000012887(OCoLC)615635624(CaPaEBR)ebrary10381354(SSID)ssj0000419459(PQKBManifestationID)11286311(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419459(PQKBWorkID)10401266(PQKB)10028276(MiAaPQ)EBC3414773(MdBmJHUP)muse9627(MiU)10.3998/mpub.189323(Au-PeEL)EBL3414773(CaPaEBR)ebr10381354(CaONFJC)MIL255597(OCoLC)743200705(EXLCZ)99256000000001288720060323d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHeartless immensity literature, culture, and geography in antebellum America /Anne Baker1st ed.Ann Arbor University of Michigan Pressc20061 online resource (184 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-472-11570-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-170) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: An Empire in Denial -- 1. Imagining National Form -- 2. Mapping and Measuring with Ahab and Wilkes -- 3. From Salt Lake to Walden Pond -- 4. Word, Image, and National Geography -- 5. Views from the Edge of Empire -- 6. Body Size and the Body Politic -- 7. Geography, Pedagogy, and Race -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.American literature19th centuryHistory and criticismImperialism in literatureNational characteristics, American, in literatureCulture conflict in literatureBoundaries in literatureGeography in literatureImperialismSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryLiterature and historyUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesTerritorial expansionHistory19th centuryAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Imperialism in literature.National characteristics, American, in literature.Culture conflict in literature.Boundaries in literature.Geography in literature.ImperialismSocial aspectsHistory.Literature and historyHistory810.9/358Baker Anne1968-1679973Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811423103321Heartless immensity4048609UNINA