"An outstanding work whose strong suits are brevity and originality, range, and attention to the original texts."-Elizabeth Horan, Arizona State University. "A fascinating study...it figures in the context of the attempts to construct a transatlantic understanding of cultural p…
"This book intervenes in transatlantic and hemispheric studies by positing "America" as not a particular country or continent but a foundational narrative, in which conquerors arrive at a shore intent on overwriting local versions of humanity, culture, and landscape with inscrip…
This book intervenes in transatlantic and hemispheric studies by positing 'America' not as a particular country or continent but a foundational narrative, in which conquerors arrive at a shore intent on overwriting local versions of humanity, culture, and landscape with inscript…
Examines the key role that the spatial construct (embodied by the Monroe Doctrine) of the western hemisphere played in enabling and effacing U.S. empire.
Gretchen Murphy describes the development of the concepts that underpinned what became known as 'The Monroe Doctrine', the self-appointed task of the U.S. to protect all of the Americas from the tyranny of colonialism, particularly the roles played by journalism & literary ficti…
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Examines the key role that the spatial construct (embodied by the Monroe Doctrine) of the western hemisphere played in enabling and effacing U.S. empire.
"The majority of the contributions are authored by archaeologists and the remainder by cultural anthropologists along with others. Five contributors are of native ancestry. The essays range widely, from head and limb removal in warfare in the Ohio valley, blood sacrifice among t…