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The book covers a variety of aspects of the USA, from political culture to gender patterns to slavery
The juxtaposition of European and Latin American viewpoints is an important contribution, particularly in light of the extent to which nineteenth century Latin American elites saw themselves as European or sought European cultural patterns to improve their nations
The book brings together six historians, all with different specializations, who unusually have worked closely together in developing the project, giving it a welldeveloped framework even as it explores the specifics of various national contexts
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
"Taken together, the essays in this volume are a welcome addition to the historical literature on international perceptions of the Unites States . . . Overall, the volume's analysis of how America was seen by non-Americans from the Civil War to the Spanish-American War is persuasive and instructive." - Journal of American History
"Our knowledge of America in the world is greatly enhanced by this rich scholarly collection. Based on scrupulous documentary research and an open but discriminating analytical approach, these essays throw light both on America itself and the 'Americanism' that exerted such varied influence beyond its shores." - James Dunkerley, author of Americana: The Americas in the World, around 1850
"Imaginatively conceived and scintillating in its scholarship, America Imagined is a model of transnational and comparative cultural history. Alert to the possibilities and limitations of the 'global turn', the authors thematically explore the malleable images of the United States in Latin American and European minds through a turbulent era of modernisation. An analytical triumph." - Richard Carwardine, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and co-editor of The Global Lincoln
This superb co-authored study of the image of the United States in Europe and Latin America in the second half of the nineteenth century is one that demands a wide readership. The importance of this volume lies not only in its deep research and persuasive arguments, but also in how its methodology blazes the trail for future transnational and comparative scholarship.' – European History Quarterly
"Taken together, the essays in this volume are a welcome addition to the historical literature on international perceptions of the Unites States . . . Overall, the volume's analysis of how America was seen by non-Americans from the Civil War to the Spanish-American War is persuasive and instructive." - Journal of American History
"Our knowledge of America in the world is greatly enhanced by this rich scholarly collection. Based on scrupulous documentary research and an open but discriminating analytical approach, these essays throw light both on America itself and the 'Americanism' that exerted such varied influence beyond its shores." - James Dunkerley, author of Americana: The Americas in the World, around 1850
"Imaginatively conceived and scintillating in its scholarship, America Imagined is a model of transnational and comparative cultural history. Alert to the possibilities and limitations of the 'global turn', the authors thematically explore the malleable images of the United States in Latin American and European minds through a turbulent era of modernisation. An analytical triumph." - Richard Carwardine, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and co-editor of The Global Lincoln
About the authors
Nicola Miller is a Professor of Latin American History, University College London, UK.
Adam I. P. Smith is a Senior Lecturer in US History, University College London, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: America Imagined
Book Subtitle: Explaining the United States in Nineteenth-Century Europe and Latin America
Editors: Axel Körner, Nicola Miller, Adam I. P. Smith
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137018984
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-01897-7Published: 16 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53688-4Published: 16 August 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-01898-4Published: 16 August 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 268
Topics: US History, Modern History, European History, Social History, History of the Americas, Cultural History