Murphy, Gretchen, 1971-

Hemispheric imaginings the Monroe Doctrine and narratives of U.S. empire / [electronic resource] : Gretchen Murphy. - Durham : Duke University Press, c2005. - xi, 195 p. : ill., map. - New Americanists . - e-Duke books scholarly collection. New Americanists. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-184) and index.

Introduction : writing the hemisphere -- Separate (hemi)spheres : John Quincy Adams, Lydia Maria Child, and the domestic ideology of the Monroe Doctrine -- Selling Jim Crow from Salem to Yokohama -- Geographic morality and the new world -- Gringos abroad : rationalizing empire with Richard Harding Davis -- Conclusion : the remains of the doctrine.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.




Nationalism--Historiography.--United States
Racism--Political aspects--Historiography.
Imperialism--Historiography.
International relations in literature.
Nationalism in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Monroe doctrine.


United States--Foreign relations--Historiography.
Western Hemisphere--Relations--United States.
United States--Relations--Western Hemisphere.


Electronic books.

E183.7 / .M87 2005