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Tables of Contents for American Sensations
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface
xi
PART I: AMERICAN SENSATIONS
Introduction: City and Empire in the American 1848
3
35
George Lippard's 1848: Empire, Amnesia, and the U.S.-Mexican War
38
43
PART 2: FOREIGN BODIES AND INTERNATIONAL RACE ROMANCE IN THE STORY PAPERS
The Story-Paper Empire
81
21
Foreign Bodies and International Race Romance
102
37
From Imperial Adventure to Bowery B'hoys and Buffalo Bill: Ned Buntline, Nativism, and Glass
139
22
PART 3: LAND, LABOR, AND EMPIRE IN THE DIME NOVEL
The Contradictions of Anti-Imperialism
161
28
The Hacienda, the Factory, and the Plantation
189
25
The Dime Novel, the Civil War, and Empire
214
37
PART 4: BEYOND 1848
Joaquin Murrieta and Popular Culture
251
40
Notes
291
52
Bibliography
343
36
Index
379
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