Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: New World Paradoxes 1
5. 1 Saint-John de Crèvecoeur and Nostalgia for Colonial America 16
6. 2 Lezay-Marnésia and Nostalgia for the American Golden Age 77
7. 3 Chateaubriand and Nostalgia for French America 124
8. Conclusion: America, a Mobile Sign 181
9. Appendix 187
10. Notes 189
11. Bibliography 212
12. Index 226