Table of Contents

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

About the Author

Christopher McBride completed his Ph.D. in English in 2001 at the Claremont Graduate University, and is currently a member of the English faculty at Solano College. He has published articles on American conjure stories, Herman Melville, William Dean Howells, and Mary Austin.