Contents -- 1. Literary Culture and U.S. Imperialism -- 2. The Dream of Enlightenment and the Nightmare of Imperialism: Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland and Edgar Huntly -- 3. Edgar Allan Poe's Imperial Fantasy and the American Frontier -- 4. Melville's Typee: U.S. Imperialism at Home and Abroad -- 5. Highway Robbery: "Indian Removal," the Mexican-American War, and American Identity in John Rollin Ridge's (Yellow Bird) The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta -- 6. Mark Twain's Rediscovery of America in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court -- 7. Race, Gender, and Imperialism in Stephen Crane: A Monstrous Case -- 8. The Education of Henry Adams and the American Empire -- 9. W. E. B. Du Bois's Tropical Critique of U.S. Imperialism -- 10. The View from Rock Writing Bluff: The Nick Black Elk Narratives and U.S. Cultural Imperialism -- 11. Opening the Gate to the Other America: The Afro-Caribbean Politics of Hurston's Mules and Men and Tell My Horse -- 12. After America -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.