American Mediterraneans: A Study in Geography, History, and Race

by Susan Gillman

Book Overview

The story of the "American Mediterranean," both an idea and a shorthand popularized by geographers, historians, novelists, and travel writers from the early nineteenth century to the 1970s.

The naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, visiting the Gulf-Caribbean in the early nineteenth century, called it America's Mediterranean. Almost a century later, Southern California was hailed as "Our Mediterranean, Our Italy " Although "American Mediterranean"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226819663
• ISBN13: 9780226819662
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"