Manifesting America
Subtitle: the imperial construction of U.S. national space
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: value: Introduction: Self-determination, subaltern studies, and the critical remapping of U.S. empire; value: Representing the Cherokee Nation : imperial power and elite interests in the remaking of Cherokee governance; value: The territoriality of tradition : treaties, hunting grounds, and prophecy in Black Hawk's narrative; value: Comanche metaphors : Juan Seguín's memoirs and the figure of the barbarian in the struggle for Texas; value: Partial citizens and insurgent masses : narrating violence past and present in post-1848 California.