The Picky Eagle : How Democracy and Xenophobia Limited U.S. Territorial Expansion /

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"This book explains why the United States stopped annexing territory by focusing on annexation's domestic political and normative consequences"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maass, Richard W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca Cornell University Press 2020
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Territorial expansion
Diplomatic relations
Democracy
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Xenophobie > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Xenophobia > Political aspects > United States > History.
Democracy > United States > History.
United States
États-Unis > Relations exterieures.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale > Histoire.
United States > Foreign relations.
United States > Territorial expansion > History.
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The limits of U.S. territorial expansion
  • Explaining annexation
  • To the continent : European empires and U.S. annexation
  • To the west : Native American lands and U.S. annexation
  • To the north : Canada and U.S. annexation
  • To the south : Mexico and U.S. annexation
  • To the seas : islands and U.S. annexation
  • To the world : the international implications of U.S. annexation

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