The imperialist imaginary : visions of Asia and the Pacific in American culture / / John R. Eperjesi ; foreword by Donald E. Pease
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| Autore: |
Eperjesi John R.
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| Titolo: |
The imperialist imaginary : visions of Asia and the Pacific in American culture / / John R. Eperjesi ; foreword by Donald E. Pease
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| 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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.: | 9910458345203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Reencounters with Colonialism: New Perspectives on the Americas