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Table of Contents:

• Introduction: city and empire in the American 1848
• George Lippard's 1848: empire, amnesia, and the U.S.-Mexican War
• The story-paper empire
• Foreign bodies and international race romance
• From imperial adventure to Bowery B'hoys and Buffalo Bill: Ned Buntline, nativism, and class
• The contradictions of anti-imperialism
• The hacienda, the factory, and the plantation
• The dime novel, the Civil War, and empire
• Joaquin Murrieta and popular culture.

Author/Creator:

Streeby, Shelley, 1963-

Contributors:

NetLibrary, Inc.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

American sensations: class, empire, and the production of popular culture [by Streeby, S.]

Related Series:

American crossroads; [volume] 9

Subjects:

American fiction — 19th century — History and criticism

Popular literature — United States — History and criticism

Literature and society — United States — History — 19th century

Social classes in literature

Sensationalism in literature

Ethnic groups in literature

Imperialism in literature

Nativism in literature

Race in literature

1800-1899

Popular literature

Literature and society

American fiction

United States

Genres:

History

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-377) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2002. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

Physical Description:

xv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

PS374.P63 S77 2002eb

ISBNs:

0585419639 (electronic bk.)

OCLC Numbers:

1052993078
50639508 [Invalid]