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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. Visualizza persona
Titolo: The imperialist imaginary : visions of Asia and the Pacific in American culture / / John R. Eperjesi ; foreword by Donald E. Pease Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61168-665-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813361003321
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