Andy Doolen

Territories of Empire

U.S. Writing from the Louisiana Purchase to Mexican Independence

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Territories of Empire offers an examination of how both private citizens and government officials collectively authored the spatial logic of a continental republic by examining the border writings of a diverse array of eye-witnesses to the rapid expansion of the United States in the aftermath of the Louisiana Purchase.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780190931339
• ISBN-10: 0190931337
• Artikelnr.: 54323524

Autorenporträt

Andy Doolen is Professor of English and American Studies at the University of Kentucky and the author of Fugitive Empire: Locating Early American Imperialism.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Empire by Deferral
Chapter 2: The Limits of Republican Empire
Chapter 3: Opening the Door to Mexico
Chapter 4: Timothy Flint's "Happy Revolution" in Mexico
Chapter 5: Continental Divide
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index