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Designs on Empire : America's Rise to Power in the Age of European Imperialism /

In the eyes of both contemporaries and historians, the United States became an empire in 1898. By taking possession of Cuba and the Philippines, the nation seemed to have reached a watershed moment in its rise to power-spurring arguments over whether it should be a colonial power at all. However, th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Priest, Andrew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Challenge of the American Empire
  • I The United States and European Empires
  • II France and the Mexican Intervention
  • III Spain and the Ten Years' War in Cuba
  • IV Britain and the Occupation of Egypt
  • V Germany and the Berlin West Africa Conference
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index