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Published: 01 May 2009
... in the emerging Cold War. The Cold War did encroach on the possibility of independent political discourse. Joseph Stalin spoke of the menace of a new fascism—American imperialism—and President Harry Truman denounced the Soviet Union as a totalitarian state that continued the antidemocratic offensive of Nazism...
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Published: 07 July 2014
... States Doumer Paul Hoff↔Wilson Joan sardines Shoninger B J American imperialism direct investment overseas Hollywood business history tariffs A country wishing to export its products must begin by exporting men. American Chamber of Commerce in Paris 1 The problem is that we do...
Book
Published online: 21 March 2013
Published in print: 15 October 2008
... and a searing examination of American imperialism and racist hysteria. While the basic facts of Japanese-American incarceration are well known, the book's extensive research gives voice to those whose stories have been forgotten or ignored. It highlights the roles of women, first-generation immigrants...
Book
Published online: 21 March 2013
Published in print: 01 September 2010
... from world's fairs and urban planners—it offers a distinctive perspective on American imperialism. Exploring the period leading up to the Spanish–American War, as well as beyond it, the book argues that the way Americans visualized the Orient greatly influenced the fantasies of colonial domestication...
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Published: 01 September 2010
...This introductory chapter begins with a brief description of President William McKinley's dilemma about what to do with the newly acquired Philippines, and then sets out the book's purpose, which is to explore how deploying the visual to signify empire helped further American imperialism in Asia...