Surveying the American fascination with the Far East since the mid-eighteenth century, this explains why the Orient had a fundamentally different meaning in the US than in Europe or Great Britain. It 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 China and India.
| ISBN: | 9781558498792 |
| Publication date: | 30th July 2011 |
| Author: | David Weir |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 300 pages |
| Genres: |
Cultural studies |