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4 The Archaeological Sublime of Tropical America: Ephraim G. Squier and John L. Stephens
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Acknowledgments vii
- Contents ix
- Figures x
- Introduction—Beyond Manifest Destiny: American Studies, National Identity, and Other Worlds 1
- 1 The World as Pedagogical Spectacle: Antebellum Geography Textbooks 27
- 2 “Precepts Graven on Every Breast”: Melville’s Typee, Polynesia, and the Forms of the Law 61
- 3 Desire, Transgression, and the Holy Land 97
- 4 The Archaeological Sublime of Tropical America: Ephraim G. Squier and John L. Stephens 150
- 5 Outgrowing the Boundaries of North America: Martin R. Delany, Africa, and the Question of African-American Agency 194
- Conclusion—The World Archive and the National Canon of Memory 243
- Notes 267
- Works Cited 301
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Acknowledgments vii
- Contents ix
- Figures x
- Introduction—Beyond Manifest Destiny: American Studies, National Identity, and Other Worlds 1
- 1 The World as Pedagogical Spectacle: Antebellum Geography Textbooks 27
- 2 “Precepts Graven on Every Breast”: Melville’s Typee, Polynesia, and the Forms of the Law 61
- 3 Desire, Transgression, and the Holy Land 97
- 4 The Archaeological Sublime of Tropical America: Ephraim G. Squier and John L. Stephens 150
- 5 Outgrowing the Boundaries of North America: Martin R. Delany, Africa, and the Question of African-American Agency 194
- Conclusion—The World Archive and the National Canon of Memory 243
- Notes 267
- Works Cited 301