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| | Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 98006475 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Imagined Empires demonstrates that early American culture, and in particular literature, took great interest in South American civilizations, especially the Incas and Aztecs, and in so doing made a statement about the role of the United States as an empire in the emerging political order of New World colonies and states. |
 | | Eric Wertheimer recovers the Incas and Aztecs in Anglo-American literature, and thus sheds new light on national sovereignty, identity, and the development of an American history narrative. |
 | | Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: American literature 19th century History and criticism, Imperialism in literature, American literature Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 History and criticism, American literature 1783-1850 History and criticism, Colonies in literature, Indians in literature, America In literature, Aztecs in literature, Incas in literature |
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