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Utopia & cosmopolis : globalization in the era of American literary realism /

When did Americans first believe they were at the center of a truly global culture? How did they envision that culture and how much do recent attitudes toward globalization owe to their often utopian dreams? In Utopia and Cosmopolis Thomas Peyser asks these and other questions, offers a reevaluation...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peyser, Thomas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 1998.
Colección:New Americanists.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Realism and Utopia, Nation and Globe
  • pt. 1. Dreams of Unity. 1. The World a Department Store. 2. The Imperial Ghetto
  • pt. 2. Forms of Multiplicity. 3. The Culture of Conversation. 4. The Imperial Museum.