The Things of Civilization, the Matters of Empire: Representing Jemmy Button* Ruth Mayer New Literary History, Volume 39, Number 2, Spring 2008, pp. 193-215 (Article) Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press DOI: 10.1353/nlh.0.0023 For additional information about this article Access Provided by Technische Informationsbibliothek / Universitaetsbibliothek Hannover at 08/13/10 8:10PM GMT http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/nlh/summary/v039/39.2.mayer.html