The imperialist imaginary
Subtitle: visions of Asia and the Pacific in American culture
By: John R. Eperjesi ; foreword by Donald E. Pease.
Series: Reencounters with colonialism--new perspectives on the Americas
Publisher: Dartmouth College Press; Published by University Press of New England
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Hanover, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; American literature -- Asian influences; Imperialism in literature; Asia -- In literature; Pacific Area -- Foreign public opinion, American; Pacific Area -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Pacific Area; Asia -- Foreign public opinion, American; United States -- Relations -- Asia; Asia -- Relations -- United States; Pacific Area -- In literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-189) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the American Pacific : an errand into Oceania; title: The "superlative and poetry of commerce" : scattered origins of an American Pacific frontier; title: An American Pacific Jeremiad : Frank Norris's The octopus and U.S. imperialism; title: The American Asiatic association and the imperialist imaginary of the American Pacific; title: Becoming Hawaiian : Jack London, cultural tourism, and the myth of Hawaiian exceptionalism; title: Maxine Hong Kingston's China men : frontiers of the Chinese American Pacific; title: Memories of a forgotten war : a Filipino/American ghost story; title: Conclusion : outside in the American Pacific.