Picky Eagle - How Democracy and Xenophobia Limited U.s. Territorial Expansion

"This book explains why the United States stopped annexing territory by focusing on annexation's domestic political and normative consequences"--

List of contents

1. The Limits of U.S. Territorial Expansion

2. Explaining Annexation

3. To the Continent: European Empires and U.S. Annexation

4. To the West: Native American Lands and U.S. Annexation

5. To the North: Canada and U.S. Annexation

6. To the South: Mexico and U.S. Annexation

7. To the Seas: Islands and U.S. Annexation

8. The International Implications of U.S. Annexation

About the author

Richard W. Maass

Product details

• Authors: Richard W. Maass
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781501772290
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-7229-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science