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Cornell University Press, 2000-05-02. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x1. [Interesting provenance: From the private library of renowned historian, Philip D. Morgan.] Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth. Gilt lettering. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Scattered underlining and markings, some in ink. xii, 417 p., illustrations, map, 23 cm. <br> "Possible Pasts represents a landmark in early American studies, bringing to that field the theoretical richness and innovative potential of the scholarship on colonial discourse and postcolonial theory. Drawing on the methods and interpretive insights of history, anthropology, history of art, folklore, and textual analysis, its authors explore the cultural processes by which individuals and societies become colonial. Rather than define early America in terms of conventional geographical, chronological, or subdisciplinary boundaries, their essays span landscapes from New England to Peru, time periods from the sixteenth to the…
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