The imperialist imaginary : visions of Asia and the Pacific in American culture / / John R. Eperjesi ; foreword by Donald E. Pease

• Autore: Eperjesi John R.
• Pubblicazione: Hanover, New Hampshire : , : Dartmouth College Press : , : Published by University Press of New England, , [2005]; ©2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/325
• Soggetto topico: American literature - 20th century - History and criticism; American literature - 19th century - History and criticism; American literature - Asian influences; Imperialism in literature
• Soggetto geografico: Asia In literature; Pacific Area Foreign public opinion, American; Pacific Area Relations United States; United States Relations Pacific Area; Asia Foreign public opinion, American; United States Relations Asia; Asia Relations United States; Pacific Area In literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-189) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : the American Pacific : an errand into Oceania -- The "superlative and poetry of commerce" : scattered origins of an American Pacific frontier -- An American Pacific Jeremiad : Frank Norris's The octopus and U.S. imperialism -- The American Asiatic association and the imperialist imaginary of the American Pacific -- Becoming Hawaiian : Jack London, cultural tourism, and the myth of Hawaiian exceptionalism -- Maxine Hong Kingston's China men : frontiers of the Chinese American Pacific -- Memories of a forgotten war : a Filipino/American ghost story -- Conclusion : outside in the American Pacific.
• Sommario/riassunto: Tracing the construction of an American Pacific.
• Titolo autorizzato: The imperialist imaginary
• ISBN: 1-61168-665-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813361003321
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