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The imperialist imaginary : visions of Asia and the Pacific in American culture / John R. Eperjesi ; foreword by Donald E. Pease.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eperjesi, John R., author.
- Series:
- Reencounters with Colonialism: New Perspectives on the Americas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature--Asian influences.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Asia--In literature.
- Asia.
- Pacific Area--Foreign public opinion, American.
- Pacific Area.
- Pacific Area--Relations--United States.
- United States--Relations--Pacific Area.
- United States.
- Asia--Foreign public opinion, American.
- United States--Relations--Asia.
- Asia--Relations--United States.
- Pacific Area--In literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (211 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press : Published by University Press of New England, [2005]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tracing the construction of an American Pacific.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-189) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61168-665-2
- OCLC:
- 880685971
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