Baker, Anne.

Heartless Immensity : Literature, Culture, and Geography in Antebellum America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (184 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: An Empire in Denial -- 1. Imagining National Form -- 2. Mapping and Measuring with Ahab and Wilkes -- 3. From Salt Lake to Walden Pond -- 4. Word, Image, and National Geography -- 5. Views from the Edge of Empire -- 6. Body Size and the Body Politic -- 7. Geography, Pedagogy, and Race -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

9780472025763


Imperialism - Social aspects - United States - History.


Electronic books.

PS217

810.9/358