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Fellow travelers : how road stories shaped the idea of the Americas /
"Fellow Travelers examines accounts of pairs of men who travel together from three historical crossroads in the Americas: the "new dawn" at the end of the colonial period; the period of expansion into the frontier; and "containment" during the Cold War. During each of these...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2021.
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| Colección: | New World studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Fellow Travelers examines accounts of pairs of men who travel together from three historical crossroads in the Americas: the "new dawn" at the end of the colonial period; the period of expansion into the frontier; and "containment" during the Cold War. During each of these times, the nations of North and South were either inventing or reinventing themselves in the shadow of empire, and during these times, travel accounts describing "what is out there" provided road maps for these reinventions"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 159 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813946092 0813946093 |