03081nam a2200541 i 4500 ebr10875979 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 040813t20052005nhu ob 001 0 eng|d 1584654341 (hbk.) 158465435X (pbk.) 9781584654346 9781611686654 (e-book) CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)882502794 n-us--- a------ p------ PS159.A85 E64 2005eb 810.9/325 22 Eperjesi, John R., author. The imperialist imaginary : visions of Asia and the Pacific in American culture / John R. Eperjesi ; foreword by Donald E. Pease. Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press : Published by University Press of New England, [2005] �2005 1 online resource (211 pages) text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-189) and index. Introduction : the American Pacific : an errand into Oceania -- The "superlative and poetry of commerce" : scattered origins of an American Pacific frontier -- An American Pacific Jeremiad : Frank Norris's The octopus and U.S. imperialism -- The American Asiatic association and the imperialist imaginary of the American Pacific -- Becoming Hawaiian : Jack London, cultural tourism, and the myth of Hawaiian exceptionalism -- Maxine Hong Kingston's China men : frontiers of the Chinese American Pacific -- Memories of a forgotten war : a Filipino/American ghost story -- Conclusion : outside in the American Pacific. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 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. Electronic books. Print version: Eperjesi, John R. Imperialist imaginary : visions of Asia and the Pacific in American culture. Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, [2005] xiii, 194 pages ; 24 cm 9781584654346 (OCoLC)ocm56324727 (DLC)10875979 ebrary. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10875979 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 109950 109950