The Imperialist Imaginary

By John R. Eperjesi

Subjects: Foreign public opinion, American, In literature, Imperialism in literature, United states, history, 19th century, Relations, United states, history, 20th century, American Foreign public opinion, History and criticism, American literature, Asian influences

Description: In a groundbreaking work of "New Americanist" studies, John R. Eperjesi explores the cultural and economic formation of the Unites States relationship to China and the Pacific Rim in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Eperjesi examines a variety of texts to explore the emergence of what Rob Wilson has termed the "American Pacific."