Manifesting America
Subtitle: the imperial construction of national space, 1776-1861
By: Mark Rifkin.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195387179
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Land tenure; Human territoriality -- Political aspects -- United States -- History; Nationalism -- United States -- History; American literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism; American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Imperialism -- Study and teaching (Higher); United States -- Territorial expansion; United States -- Boundaries; United States -- Race relations; United States -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Self-determination, subaltern studies, and the critical remapping of U.S. empire; title: Representing the Cherokee Nation : imperial power and elite interests in the remaking of Cherokee governance; title: The territoriality of tradition : treaties, hunting grounds, and prophecy in Black Hawk's narrative; title: Comanche metaphors : Juan Seguín's memoirs and the figure of the barbarian in the struggle for Texas; title: Partial citizens and insurgent masses : narrating violence past and present in post-1848 California.