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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
Published Ithaca Cornell University Press 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 296 pages) illustrations, map
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
Summary "This book explains why the United States stopped annexing territory by focusing on annexation's domestic political and normative consequences"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis International Relations, Diplomatic History, US History, US Foreign Policy, International Security
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Democracy -- United States -- History
Xenophobia -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Democracy
Diplomatic relations
Territorial expansion
SUBJECT United States -- Territorial expansion -- History
United States -- Foreign relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058
Subject United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019025913
ISBN 9781501748776
1501748777
9781501748769
1501748769