| 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 |
| Bibliography |
| Index |