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8vo, softcover 276 pp. some underlinig to one chapter, label on bottom of spine, ow. good, no other traces. contents List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: Criticism in the contact zone Part I Science and sentiment, 1750-1800 Science, planetary consciousness, interiors Narrating the anti-conquest Anti-conquest II: The mystique of reciprocity Eros and Abolition Part II The reinvention of AmÈrica, 1800-50 Alexander von Humboldt and the reinvention of AmÈrica Reinventing AmÈrica II: The capitalist vanguard and the exploratrices sociales Reinventing AmÈrica/Reinventing Europe: Creole self-fashioning Part III Imperial Stylistics, 1860-1980 From the Victoria Nyanza to the Sheraton San Salvador Notes Index . a highly acclaimed and interdisciplinary book which quickly established itself as a seminal text in its field.