Discusses the makings of the "American Pacific" locality/location/identity as space and ground of cultural production, and the way this region can be linked to

Soon after the American Revolution, ?certain of the founders began to recognize the strategic significance of Asia and the Pacific and the vast material and cul

000545853 - 99/615 A Robert Stewart book.

This book explores the nature of power and labor in the early American Pacific from the perspective of sailors, merchants, and the people they encounters across

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