Governmentality and the Mastery of Territory in Nineteenth-Century AmericaLate nineteenth-century America was a time of industrialization and urbanization. Immigration was increasing and traditional hierarchies were being challenged. Combining empirical and theoretical material, Hannah explores the modernization of the American federal government during this period. Discussions of gender, race and colonial knowledge engage with Foucault's ideas on "governmentality." Through an analysis of the work of Francis A. Walker, a prominent political economist and educator of the time, the author demonstrates that the modernization of the American national state was a thoroughly spatial and explicitly geographical project. |
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... spatial politics of governmental knowledge 6 An American exceptionalist political economy 7 Manhood , space and governmental regulation Conclusion Bibliography Index 107 113 160 188 220 229 240 Illustrations 1 Francis Amasa Walker page ...
... spatial politics of governmental knowledge 6 An American exceptionalist political economy 7 Manhood , space and governmental regulation Conclusion Bibliography Index 107 113 160 188 220 229 240 Illustrations 1 Francis Amasa Walker page ...
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... spatial issues lie at the heart of Walker's ( and by implication , other ) national programs of territorial mastery . These issues concern epistemological and reg- ulatory politics of access to territory ; different levels of tension ...
... spatial issues lie at the heart of Walker's ( and by implication , other ) national programs of territorial mastery . These issues concern epistemological and reg- ulatory politics of access to territory ; different levels of tension ...
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... political implications.22 The role of censuses in colonial administration is discussed in order to clarify these implications . The bulk of Chapter 5 is devoted to a detailed analysis of the spatial politics of census taking , which ...
... political implications.22 The role of censuses in colonial administration is discussed in order to clarify these implications . The bulk of Chapter 5 is devoted to a detailed analysis of the spatial politics of census taking , which ...
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Matthew G. Hannah. significant limits are inherently spatial and often also ... spatial logic on the basis of which it was constituted . Chapter 6 takes us ... politics and morality . Some of his comments on contemporary social problems ...
Matthew G. Hannah. significant limits are inherently spatial and often also ... spatial logic on the basis of which it was constituted . Chapter 6 takes us ... politics and morality . Some of his comments on contemporary social problems ...
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... spatial politics " ? What can be made of the gendered dynamics identified in Walker's program ? My comments will be brief and indicative . 1 Governmentality in context In this chapter , I will 16 Governmentality and the mastery of ...
... spatial politics " ? What can be made of the gendered dynamics identified in Walker's program ? My comments will be brief and indicative . 1 Governmentality in context In this chapter , I will 16 Governmentality and the mastery of ...
Contents
Governmentality in context | 17 |
Part I | 41 |
The formation of governmental objects in late nineteenthcentury American discourse | 43 |
Francis A Walker and the formation of American governmental subjectivity | 60 |
American manhood and the strains of governmental subjectivity | 84 |
Part II | 107 |
The spatial politics of governmental knowledge | 113 |
An American exceptionalist political economy | 158 |
Manhood space and governmental regulation | 186 |
Conclusion | 214 |
Bibliography | 223 |
Index | 234 |
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