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How the Arabian nights inspired the American dream, 1790-1935 / Susan Nance.

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Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.

Location	Call No.	Status	Notes
Purdy-Kresge Library	E 169.1 .N314 2009	CHECKED IN

Description	xi, 344 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: Playing Eastern -- Capitalism and the Arabian nights, 1790-1892 -- Ex Oriente Lux : playing Eastern for a living, 1838-1875 -- Wise men of the East and the market for American fraternalism, 1850-1892 -- Arab athleticism and the exoticization of the American dream, 1870-1920 -- Making the familiar strange : the racial politics of Eastern exotic, 1893-1929 -- Eastern femininities for modern women, 1893-1930 -- Turbans and capitalism, 1893-1930 -- Sign of promise : African Americans and Eastern personae in the Great Depression.
Subject	United States -- Civilization -- Arab influences.
	Arabian nights.
	Arab countries -- Foreign public opinion, American.
	Orientalism -- United States -- History.
	United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865.
	United States -- Civilization -- 20th century.
	Performing arts -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
	Popular culture -- United States -- History.
	Capitalism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
	United States -- Economic conditions.
ISBN	9780807832745 (cloth : alk. paper)
	080783274X (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC #	261174164

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