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Bruce A. Harvey - American Geographics: U.S. National Narratives and the Representation of the Non-European World, 1830-1865 - 9780804740456 - V9780804740456
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American Geographics: U.S. National Narratives and the Representation of the Non-European World, 1830-1865

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Description for American Geographics: U.S. National Narratives and the Representation of the Non-European World, 1830-1865 Hardback. This book is the first comprehensive study of antebellum depictions of the non-European world. Harvey proposes that U.S. cultural history cannot be fully understood without considering how Americans regarded tropical America, the Holy Land, Polynesia, and Africa. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.

This book is the first comprehensive study of antebellum depictions of the non-European world. Drawing on well-known works and archival discoveries, both artistic and textual, it proposes that U.S. cultural history cannot be fully understood unless we take into account how Americans regarded tropical America, the Holy Land, Polynesia, and Africa.

The author first analyzes American geographical textbooks, arguing that through their hierarchical, racialized representations of the world's geobodies the American nation became embodied, was able to see itself on a global stage ushering the world into futurity. These textbooks did not just reflect normative, white bourgeois values; they produced ... Read more

American Geographics, which ranges across the disciplines of archaeology, religion, anthropology, spatial studies, and literary analysis, challenges traditional (and still current) paradigms that trace only the nation's transit westward across the frontier or its inheritance from and allegiance to the Old World. It demonstrates that "America"—the national symbolic order—gained definition, but often uneasily so, through a complex, polygeographical thematics. It thus provides a new comparative framework for thinking about U.S. cultural production and how antebellum citizens viewed themselves, their land, and the vast world beyond it.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804740456
SKU
V9780804740456
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About Bruce A. Harvey
Bruce A. Harvey is Associate Professor of English at Florida International University.

Reviews for American Geographics: U.S. National Narratives and the Representation of the Non-European World, 1830-1865
"This book is deeply researched, beautifully written, and truly important and original. Harvey has mastered the field of antebellum literary and cultural studies, and he displays considerable expertise in African American, Near Eastern, and comparative studies, particularly in the cutting edge of the literatures of the Americas." -Robert S. Levine,University of Maryland

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