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This paper discusses the polar-opposite "directions" of travel and cultural consciousness of post-Civil War Americans. The author analyzes the East–West relationship and discusses how both destinations manifested directions of imperial "globalization" linked by religious and secular expectations and anxieties. The Holy Land represented the cultural core destination Americans would travel to in order to confirm their religious-national myth, while California was the land of abundance and considered America’s New Holy Land.
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Author | Hilton Obenzinger |
Series | MacMillan Center Middle East Studies |
Publisher | MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies |
Copyright | © MacMillan Center |