| American Sensations |
| [Dedication] |
| Contents |
| Illustrations |
| Preface |
 | 1. American Sensations |
 | 1. Introduction |
| 2. George Lippard's 1848 |
| 2. Foreign Bodies and International Race Romance in the Story Papers |
| • | 3. The Story-Paper Empire |
| 4. Foreign Bodies and International Race Romance |
| • | 5. From Imperial Adventure to Bowery B'hoys and Buffalo Bill |
| 3. Land, Labor, and Empire in the Dime Novel |
| • | 6. The Contradictions of Anti-Imperialism |
| • | 7. The Hacienda, the Factory, and the Plantation |
| 8. The Dime Novel, the Civil War, and Empire |
| 4. Beyond 1848 |
| 9. Joaquín Murrieta and Popular Culture |
| Notes |
| • | CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION |
| • | CHAPTER 2. GEORGE LIPPARD'S 1848 |
| • | CHAPTER 3. THE STORY-PAPER EMPIRE |
| • | CHAPTER 4. FOREIGN BODIES AND INTERNATIONAL RACE ROMANCE |
| • | CHAPTER 5. FROM IMPERIAL ADVENTURE TO BOWERY B'HOYS AND BUFFALO BILL |
| • | CHAPTER 6. THE CONTRADICTIONS OF ANTI-IMPERIALISM |
| • | CHAPTER 7. THE HACIENDA, THE FACTORY, AND THE PLANTATION |
| • | CHAPTER 8. THE DIME NOVEL, THE CIVIL WAR, AND EMPIRE |
| • | CHAPTER 9. JOAQUÍN MURRIETA AND POPULAR CULTURE |
| Bibliography |
| Index |