"Explains the popularity of Christopher Columbus in the early Americas. Illustrates how New World representations of Columbus integrate older discourses of empire. Shows how the idea of empire was significant in the construction of the new nations of the Americas"--Provided by publisher
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Contents
Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Columbus's Appropriation of Imperial Discourse; 2. The Incorporation of Columbus into the Story of Western Empire; 3. Columbus and the Republican Empire of the United States; 4. Colombia: Discourses of Empire in Spanish America; Conclusion: The Meaning of Empire in Nationalist Discourses of the United States and Spanish America; Notes; Works Cited; Index.
