Imperial archipelago : representation and rule in the insular territories under U.S. dominion after 1898

Imperial archipelago : representation and rule in the insular territories under U.S. dominion after 1898 /

Provides a comparative study of the symbolic representations, both textual and photographic, of Cuba, Guam, Hawaii, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico that appeared in popular and official publications in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War of 1898. It examines the connections between these repr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, Lanny
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2010]
Series:Writing past colonialism series.
Subjects:
Imperialism in literature.
Colonies in literature.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Colonies in literature
Imperialism in literature
Territorial expansion
Imperialismus.
Kolonie.
Motiv.
United States > Insular possessions > History.
United States > Colonial question.
United States > Territorial expansion.
États-Unis > Possessions insulaires > Histoire.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale.
United States
USA.
Guam.
Hawaii.
Philippinen.
Kuba.
Puerto Rico.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The imperial problem and the new possessions
  • Islands of women
  • Narratives of evolution
  • Strategies for Americanization
  • Legal foundations of colonial rule
  • Guam : the ship metaphor and military rule.

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