Empire by invitation : William Walker and Manifest Destiny in Central America /

Michel Gobat traces the untold story of the rise and fall of the first U.S. overseas empire to William Walker, a believer in the nation's manifest destiny to spread its blessings not only westward but abroad as well. In the 1850s Walker and a small group of U.S. expansionists migrated to Nicara...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gobat, Michel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Walker, William, > 1824-1860.
Walker, William, > 1824-1860
1855-1860
Filibusters > Nicaragua > History.
Manifest Destiny.
Democratization > Nicaragua > History.
Flibustiers > Nicaragua > Histoire.
Destinée manifeste (Politique américaine)
Démocratisation > Nicaragua > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Democratization
Filibusters
International relations
Manifest Destiny
Nicaragua > History > Filibuster War, 1855-1860.
United States > Relations > Nicaragua.
United States > Relations > Central America.
Nicaragua > Relations > United States.
Central America > Relations > United States.
Nicaragua > Histoire > 1855-1860 (Guerre des flibustiers)
Amérique centrale > Relations > États-Unis.
Central America
Nicaragua
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The question of questions
  • "The apple in our Eden"
  • Embracing the filibusters
  • "Walker is the United States"
  • The colonizers
  • Imagined empire
  • Creating a filibuster state
  • The promise of development
  • Filibuster revolution
  • The fall.

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