America Imagined Explaining the United States in Nineteenth-Century

Why has "America" - that is, the United States of America - become so much more than simply a place in the imagination of so many people around the world? In both Europe and Latin America, the United States has often been a site of multiple possible futur

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10.1057/9781137018984 - America Imagined, Edited by Axel Körner, Nicola Miller and Adam I. P. Smith

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America Imagined

10.1057/9781137018984 - America Imagined, Edited by Axel Körner, Nicola Miller and Adam I. P. Smith

10.1057/9781137018984 - America Imagined, Edited by Axel Körner, Nicola Miller and Adam I. P. Smith

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Explaining the United States in Nineteenth-Century Europe and Latin America

Edited by

Axel Körner, Nicola Miller, and Adam I. P. Smith

10.1057/9781137018984 - America Imagined, Edited by Axel Körner, Nicola Miller and Adam I. P. Smith

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America Imagined

AMERICA IMAGINED

Copyright © Axel Körner, Nicola Miller, and Adam I. P. Smith, 2012

First published in 2012 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the World, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–01897–7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data America imagined : explaining the United States in nineteenth-century Europe and Latin America / edited by Axel Körner, Nicola Miller, and Adam I. P. Smith. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978–1–137–01897–7 (alk. paper) 1. United States—Civilization—Public opinion—History—19th century. 2. United States—Civilization—19th century. 3. United States— Foreign public opinion, European. 4. United States—Foreign public opinion, Latin American. 5. Public opinion—Europe— History—19th century. 6. Public opinion—Latin America— History—19th century. I. Körner, Axel, 1967– II. Miller, Nicola. III. Smith, Adam I. P. E169.1.A445 2012 973.5—dc23 2012005775 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Integra Software Services First edition: September 2012 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America.

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Preface

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Introduction Axel Körner 1 Land of Opportun