Heartless immensity : literature, culture, and geography in antebellum America / / Anne Baker
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| Autore: |
Baker Anne <1968->
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| Titolo: |
Heartless immensity : literature, culture, and geography in antebellum America / / Anne Baker
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| Pubblicazione: | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 810.9/358 |
| Soggetto topico: | American literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
| Imperialism in literature | |
| National characteristics, American, in literature | |
| Culture conflict in literature | |
| Boundaries in literature | |
| Geography in literature | |
| Imperialism - Social aspects - United States - History | |
| Literature and history - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Territorial expansion History 19th century |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-170) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Heartless immensity |
| ISBN: | 1-282-55597-9 |
| 9786612555978 | |
| 0-472-02576-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811423103321 |
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