Race, Nation, and Empire in American History

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ReadHowYouWant.com, Jul 27, 2009 - Political Science - 404 pages
While public debates over America's current foreign policy often treat American empire as a new phenomenon, this lively collection of essays offers a pointed reminder that visions of national and imperial greatness were a cornerstone of the new country when it was founded. In fact, notions of empire have long framed debates over western expansio...
 

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NineteenthCentury Rhode Island
3
The Annexation of Hawaii
125
The Worlds Peoples as Auxiliary
184
The Americanization of South Africa
242
Womens Rights Race and Imperialism in U S History
295
Courtship Masculinities and Citizenship
344

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