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This Book Applies Postcolonial Theory To The Travel Writing Of Some Of America's Best-known Authors, Revealing The Ways In Which America's Travel Fiction And Nonfiction Have Both Reflected And Shaped Society. Book Cover; Half-title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table Of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Melville's Typee And The Development Of The American Colonial Imagination; Chapter Two The Colonizing Voice In Cuba: Richard Henry Dana, Jr.'s To Cuba And Back: A Vacation Voyage; Chapter Three The Kings Of The Sandwich Islands: Mark Twain's Letters From Hawaii And Postbellum American Imperialism; Chapter Four Charles Warren Stoddard And The American Homocolonial Literary Excursion Chapter Five And Who Are These White Men?: Jack London's The House Of Pride And American Colonization Of The Hawaiian Islandsconclusion; Bibliography; Index Christopher Mark Mcbride. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 155-165) And Index. English