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The colonizer abroad : American writers on foreign soil, 1846-1912
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This book applies postcolonial theory to the travel writing of some of America's best-known authors, revealing the ways in which America's travel fiction and nonfiction have both reflected and shap...
This book applies postcolonial theory to the travel writing of some of America's best-known authors, revealing the ways in which America's travel fiction and nonfiction have both reflected and shaped society.
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- Creator
- Christopher Mark McBride
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Taylor & Francis 2004
- New York : Routledge, 2004
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (153 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1280226412, 9780415970624, 1135877394, 0415970628, 9786610226412, 0203494407, 0415803438
- OCLC
- ocm53441277, ocn252728754
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-165) and index.
- English
- Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Melville's Typee and the Development of the American Colonial Imagination; Chapter Two The Colonizing Voice in Cuba: Richard Henry Dana, Jr.'s To Cuba and Back: A Vacation Voyage; Chapter Three "The Kings of the Sandwich Islands": Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii and Postbellum American Imperialism; Chapter Four Charles Warren Stoddard and the American "Homocolonial" Literary Excursion
- Chapter Five "And Who Are These White Men?": Jack London's The House of Pride and American Colonization of the Hawaiian IslandsConclusion; Bibliography; Index
Subjects
- Travelers' writings, American -- History and criticism.
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
- Americans -- Foreign countries -- History -- 20th century.
- Americans -- Foreign countries -- History -- 19th century.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Travelers in literature.
- Colonies in literature.
- Travel in literature.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 19th century.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.