A land without castles : the changing image of America in Europe, 1780-1830
Thomas K. Murphy explores the shifting history of European attitudes toward America, utilizing British and French writing from the late eighteenth through the middle of the nineteenth centuries. Murphy studies a rich collage of literary, philosophical, and political writing by Europeans during this era. The book covers four stages in the development of European attitudes: traditional theories and their modification in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the influence of early American diplomacy on European attitudes, the cultural iconography of the French Revolution and of England during
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1 online resource (xv, 233 pages)
9780739156940, 0739156942
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Print version:
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Setting the Stage Chapter 3 Early Theories of America in Europe Chapter 4 Thomas Jefferson and French Society: Promoting America from Abroad Chapter 5 Symbols of America in France and England Chapter 6 The Voyage Chapter 7 The Travel Journal in Early America Chapter 8 Space and Land: The Aesthetic Dimension of America Chapter 9 The Issue of Slavery in America Chapter 10 Conclusion
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
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