Miles M. Evers (University of Connecticut), Eric Grynaviski (Washington DC George Washington University)

The Price of Empire

American Entrepreneurs and the Origins of America's First Pacific Empire

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Produktbeschreibung

Providing the best coverage of the wide-ranging imperialism that began in the 1850s, this book concentrates on early American imperialism in the Pacific. It describes how the racial legacy of early cases of imperialism led to modern denial of rights claims in US Pacific territories.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 151mm x 229mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781009396370
• ISBN-10: 1009396374
• Artikelnr.: 70006536

Autorenporträt

Miles M. Evers is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Connecticut, where he focuses on the intersection of international security and political economy. He has been published in the European Journal of International Relations, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, International Theory, and Perspectives on Politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. One man and no dog: an entrepreneurial theory of American Pacific imperialism
2. Birds and bases: American expansion under the Guano Act
3. Germans and coconuts: American Imperialism in Samoa
4. Sugar and paradise: American Imperialism in Hawaii
5. Slavers and gin runners: explaining Pacific non-expansion
Conclusion.