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Rachel Peters

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In Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 classic boys' adventure novel, Jim faces off against a drunken crew of pirates in the hunt for buried treasure. Treasure Island was a landmark children's and pirate adventure novel in its day, and its popularity remains vibrant in adaptations, pirate films, and copies of the book itself today. The novel's popularity gave it a vast impact on contemporary and modern perceptions of imperialism, colonial commodities, and English identity. Treasure Island marks a shift in boys' adventure literature from demonizing to romanticizing pirates, just as it marks the rise of a distanced, economics- focused strategy of new English imperialism. Colonial commodities, especially rum and tobacco, work throughout the novel to signal various forms of English colonialism, from the antiquated 18th century past to the celebrated 19th century present. Stevenson's rum-drinking, excessively rowdy pirates come from the English imperial past, while Stevenson's central characters step forward to promote a manipulative, commodity- controlling version of new English imperialism. According to Stevenson, the modern English imperialist is one with a combination of self-restraint and control over others.  Investigation of Viral Variant Formation in Grapevine Virus A After Being Targeted by Induced Host Immune Response in Nicotiana Benthamiana Wolfgang Peterson

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UC Davis / English / 2025

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