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Author:
Maass, Richard W. author.
Title:
The picky eagle : how democracy and xenophobia limited U.S. territorial expansion / Richard W. Maass.
Publisher:
Cornell University Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xv, 296 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Subject:
Democracy--United States--History.
Xenophobia--History.--United States--History.
United States--History.--History.
United States--Foreign relations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- The international implications of U.S. annexation.
Summary:
"This book explains why the United States stopped annexing territory by focusing on annexation's domestic political and normative consequences"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1501748750
9781501748752
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1105747496
LCCN:
2019025912
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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