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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.

Publication Info. Ithaca Cornell University Press 2020.
©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 296 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography 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 -- 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
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Democracy -- United States -- History.
Democracy.
United States.
History.
Xenophobia -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
Xenophobia.
United States -- Territorial expansion -- History.
Territorial expansion.
United States -- Foreign relations.
International relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version Maass, Richard W. Picky eagle Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501748752 (DLC) 2019025912 (OCoLC)1105747496
ISBN 9781501748776 electronic book
1501748777 electronic book
9781501748769 electronic book
1501748769 electronic book
9781501748752 hardcover
1501748750 hardcover