American Orient: Imagining the East from the Colonial Era Through the Twentieth Century

by David Weir

Surveying the American fascination with the Far East since the mid-eighteenth century, this book explains why the Orient had a fundamentally different meaning in the United States than in Europe or Great Britain. David Weir argues that unlike their European counterparts, Americans did not treat the East simply as a site of imperialist adventure; on the contrary, colonial subjugation was an experience that early Americans shared with the peoples of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558498796
• ISBN13: 9781558498792
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher