American Mediterraneans: A Study in Geography, History, and Race

by Susan Gillman

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The story of the "American Mediterranean," both an idea and a shorthand popularized by geographers, historians, novelists, and travel writers from the early nineteenth century to the 1970s.

The naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, visiting the Gulf-Caribbean in the early nineteenth century, called it America's Mediterranean. Almost a century later, Southern California was hailed as "Our Mediterranean, Our Italy " Although "American Mediterranean"...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226819663

ISBN13:9780226819662

Release Date:May 2022

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.67 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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