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1 online resource (ix, 285 pages) |
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What are we doing here? Scenarios for early English colonies in North America / Donald Ross -- 'The lies of a distant traveler'? The travel writing of Louis de Hennepin -- French representations of Niagara: from Hennepin to Butor / Charles Forsdick -- 'Come to these Arcadian regions where there is room for millions': citizen Imlay and the empire in the west / Will Verhoeven -- The conquest of antiquity: the travelling empire of John Lloyd Stephens -- 'A confusion of unwashed and shabbily dressed people': nineteenth-century Americans and urban Britain / Shirley Foster -- Sunny tropic scenes: US travel writers in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba / Peter Hulme -- Henry James and the 'Swelling act of the imperial theme' / Peter Rawlings -- The pacifist traveller: Kate Crane-Gartz / Tim Youngs -- American ambassadors: travellers in the Cold War / David Seed -- In the missionary position: Emily Prager in China / Judie Newman |
| Summary |
In this collection, leading scholars in the field examine the interfaces between narratives of travel and of empire. The term 'American', used here in the hemispheric sense, and 'American travel writing' include both writing about America by visitors and writings by Americans abroad. The contributors are recognized specialists in different periods of American literature and travel writing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Travelers' writings, American -- History and criticism
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Travelers' writings -- History and criticism
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Travel writing.
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Colonies in literature.
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Imperialism in literature.
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Colonies in literature
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Imperialism in literature
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Travel
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Travel writing
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Travelers' writings
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Travelers' writings, American
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Reisebericht
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Kolonialismus Motiv
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Imperialismus Motiv
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Großmachtpolitik Motiv
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Reiseliteratur.
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Kolonialismus.
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Imperialismus.
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Großmachtpolitik.
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Motiv.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139993
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United States
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USA
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USA.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Travel writing.
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Récits de voyages.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Castillo, Susan P., 1948-
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Seed, David.
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| ISBN |
1846315085 |
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9781846315084 |
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