Intercultural Alliance, Imperial Expansion, and Warfare in the Early Mod
Shows how intercultural interactions between Europeans and indigenous people influenced military choices and strategic action. Ranging from the Muscovites on the western steppe to the French and English in North America, it analyzes how diplomatic and military systems were designed to accommodate the demands and expectations of local peoples.
Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946
Explores the relationship between Filipinos and the US by looking at the politics of immigration, race, and citizenship on both sides of the Philippine-American. This book reveals how American practices of racial exclusion repeatedly collided with the imperatives of US overseas expansion.
Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946
Explores the complex relationship between Filipinos and the US by looking at the politics of immigration, race, and citizenship on both sides of the Philippine-American. This book reveals how American practices of racial exclusion repeatedly collided with the imperatives of US overseas expansion.
In 1787, "We the people" were the three words that not only engendered a new and cohesive nation; they went on to change the face of the world as well. This book prefaces the volume with a succinct history and interpretation of the place and meaning of both the Declaration and the Constitution in American life.
In the decades after 1945, as colonial possessions became independent states, it was widely-believed that imperialism as a historical phenomenon was coming to an end. The six essays collected in this volume demonstrate that a new form of imperialism was, in fact, taking shape-an imperialism defined not by colonial rule but by the global capitalist ......
This title describes the brutal impact of capitalism and colonialism on both the colonizer and the colonized, exposing the contradictions and hypocrisy implicit in western notions of progress and civilization.
The Philippine-American War and the Aftermath of an Imperial Dream 1899-
Examines the official American nationalist story of benevolent assimilation and fraternal tutelage in its half century of colonial occupation of the Philippines. This title recounts the consequences of American colonialism in the Philippines.
Sets out to bring an international framework to the analysis to international and US legal, political and cultural crises. It explores the US's moral supremacy during a time of domestic shortcomings and asks whether insisting that other nations adhere to US norms may harm societies.
Sets out to bring an international framework to the analysis to international and US legal, political and cultural crises. It explores the US's moral supremacy during a time of domestic shortcomings and asks whether insisting that other nations adhere to US norms may harm societies.