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Main Street and Empire: The Fictional Small Town in the Age of Globalization (The American Literatures Initiative) (Updated Edition) by Ryan Poll Paperback, 238 Pages, Published 2012 ISBN-10: 0-8135-5290-7 / 0813552907 ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-5290-3 / 9780813552903 The small town has become a national icon that circulates widely in literature, culture, and politics as an authentic American space and community. Yet there are surprisingly few critical studies that analyze the small town’s centrality to the United States’ identity and imagination.In Main Street a |