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Hemispheric imaginings : the Monroe Doctrine and narratives of U.S. empire / Gretchen Murphy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murphy, Gretchen, 1971-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- New Americanists.
- New Americanists
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism--United States--Historiography.
- Nationalism.
- Racism--Political aspects--Historiography.
- Racism.
- Imperialism--Historiography.
- Imperialism.
- International relations in literature.
- Nationalism in literature.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Monroe doctrine.
- United States--Foreign relations--Historiography.
- United States.
- Western Hemisphere--Relations--United States.
- Western Hemisphere.
- United States--Relations--Western Hemisphere.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the key role that the spatial construct (embodied by the Monroe Doctrine) of the western hemisphere played in enabling and effacing U.S. empire.
- Contents:
- Introduction : writing the hemisphere
- Separate (hemi)spheres : John Quincy Adams, Lydia Maria Child, and the domestic ideology of the Monroe Doctrine
- Selling Jim Crow from Salem to Yokohama
- Geographic morality and the new world
- Gringos abroad : rationalizing empire with Richard Harding Davis
- Conclusion : the remains of the doctrine.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-184) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822386728
- 0822386720
- OCLC:
- 608170407
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