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American geographics : U.S. national narratives and the representation of the non-European world, 18...

American geographics : U.S. national narratives and the...

American geographics : U.S. national narratives and the representation of the non-European world, 18...

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American geographics : U.S. national narratives and the representation of the non-European world, 1830-1865 / Bruce A. Harvey.

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American geographics : U.S. national narratives and the representation of the non-European world, 1830-1865 / Bruce A. Harvey.

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Publisher

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2001.

Date

2001.

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N910.407/1

Record Identifier

74VvbpKp7LVO

MMS ID

991014725659702626

Language

English

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Physical content

331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents

Introduction - Beyond Manifest Destiny: American Studies, National Identity, and Other Worlds -- 1. The World as Pedagogical Spectacle: Antebellum Geography Textbooks -- 2. "Precepts Graven on Every Breast": Melville's Typee, Polynesia, and the Forms of the Law -- 3. Desire, Transgression, and the H...

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Publisher

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2001.

Place of Publication

California

Date Published

2001.

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American geographics : U.S. national narratives and the representation of the non-European world, 1830-1865 / Bruce A. Harvey.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-321) and index.

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Call Numbers

N910.407/1

Record Identifier

74VvbpKp7LVO

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvbpKp7LVO

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0804740461 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

9780804740456 (acid-free paper)

0804740453 (acid-free paper)

9780804740463 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

DDC

910.4072073

MMS ID

991014725659702626

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