American School of Empire

This book explores how the idea of empire shaped the culture and politics of the United States from its foundation.

List of contents

1. Nation and empire in the early United States; 2. The cosmopolitan revolution - loyalism and the fiction of an American nation; 3. The painterly form of Empire - West, Copley and late eighteenth century Anglo-American history painting; 4. Between empires - the Old World, the frontier, and the expansion of the United States.

About the author

Edward Larkin is Professor of English and Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware. He is the author of Thomas Paine and the Literature of Revolution (2010), has edited Paine's Common Sense (2004) and published essays in journals such as American Literary History, Diaspora, Novel: A Forum on Fiction, and Early American Literature.

Summary

The American School of Empire explores the central role that the idea of empire played in the foundation of the United States in its first fifty years. This book will appeal to an interdisciplinary audience including scholars and graduate students of political and cultural history, literature, and art.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Larkin, Edward (University of Delaware) Larkin, Larkin Edward
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781107140202
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14020-2
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, C 1700 To C 1800