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Author Watts, Edward, 1964- author.

Title Colonizing the past : mythmaking and pre-Columbian whites in nineteenth-century American writing / Edward Watts.

Publication Info. Charlottesville, Virginia ; London : University of Virginia Press, [2020]
2020

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (293 pages)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: The Primordial Nation -- Welsh Indians in the Early Republic -- The Lost Tribes and the Found Nation -- The White Mound Builders and the Lessons of Prehistory -- Dwarf Epics and the Ancient Irish -- The Norse Forefathers of the American Empire.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Whites in literature.
Mythology in literature.
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
Colonies in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
America -- In literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Watts, Edward, 1964-. Colonizing the past : mythmaking and pre-Columbian whites in nineteenth-century American writing. First edition. Charlottesville, Virginia ; London : University of Virginia Press, c2020 293 pages 9780813943862 (DLC) 2019037204
ISBN 9780813943862
9780813943886 (e-book)

 
    
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