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Heartless Immensity: Literature, Culture, and Geography in Antebellum America
Anne Baker
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Description for Heartless Immensity: Literature, Culture, and Geography in Antebellum America
Hardcover. Tells the story of how Americans made sense of their country's constantly fluctuating borders and its annexation of vast new territories. This book looks at a variety of sources, including letters, speeches, newspaper editorials, and schoolbooks, as well as visual and literary works of art. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
As the size of the United States more than doubled during the first half of the nineteenth century, a powerful current of anxiety ran alongside the well-documented optimism about national expansion. ""Heartless Immensity"" tells the story of how Americans made sense of their country's constantly fluctuating borders and its annexation of vast new territories. Anne Baker looks at a variety of sources, including letters, speeches, newspaper editorials, and schoolbooks, as well as visual and literary works of art. These cultural artifacts suggest that the country's anxiety was fueled primarily by two concerns: fears about the size of the nation as ... Read more
As the size of the United States more than doubled during the first half of the nineteenth century, a powerful current of anxiety ran alongside the well-documented optimism about national expansion. ""Heartless Immensity"" tells the story of how Americans made sense of their country's constantly fluctuating borders and its annexation of vast new territories. Anne Baker looks at a variety of sources, including letters, speeches, newspaper editorials, and schoolbooks, as well as visual and literary works of art. These cultural artifacts suggest that the country's anxiety was fueled primarily by two concerns: fears about the size of the nation as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472115709
SKU
V9780472115709
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About Anne Baker
Anne Baker is Assistant Professor of English at North Carolina State University.
Reviews for Heartless Immensity: Literature, Culture, and Geography in Antebellum America
Rich, widely-researched, pedagogically useful, and timely, Baker's study is fresh both in its specific approach and the array of texts discussed. - Bruce Harvey, Florida International University