Colonizer Abroad

Looking at a diverse series of authors--Herman Melville, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Mark Twain, Charles Warren Stoddard, and Jack London--"The Colonizer Abroad" claims that as the U.S. emerged as a colonial power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the literature of the sea became a literature of imperialism. 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. Contents Preface Introduction Chapter One: Melville's Typee and the Development of the American Colonial Imagination Chapter Two: The Colonizer in Cuba: Richard Henry Dana's To Cuba and Back 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 Islands Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index