| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 384 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
American crossroads ; 9
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American crossroads ; 9.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-377) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
This innovative cultural history investigates an intriguing, thrilling, and often lurid assortment of sensational literature that was extremely popular in the United States in 1848--including dime novels, cheap story paper literature, and journalism for working-class Americans. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Popular literature. |
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United States. |
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Literature and society. |
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History. |
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Social classes in literature.
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Social classes in literature. |
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Sensationalism in literature.
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Sensationalism in literature. |
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Ethnic groups in literature.
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Ethnic groups in literature. |
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Imperialism in literature.
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Imperialism in literature. |
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Nativism in literature.
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Nativism in literature. |
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Race in literature.
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Race in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Indexed Term |
Litteratur Engelsk, amerikansk litteratur. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Streeby, Shelley, 1963- American sensations. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002 0520223144 (DLC) 2001006437 (OCoLC)48397926 |
| ISBN |
9780520935877 (electronic book) |
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052093587X (electronic book) |
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0585419639 (electronic book) |
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9780585419633 (electronic book) |
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9780520223141 (alkaline paper) |
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0520223144 (alkaline paper) |
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0520229452 (paperback) |
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9780520229457 (paperback) |
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0520223144 |
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