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The Business of Empire : United Fruit, Race, and U. S. Expansion in Central America.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The United States in the World SeriesPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (289 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801462719
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Business of EmpireDDC classification:
  • 327.730728
LOC classification:
  • F1436
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- The Business of Empire -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Foundations of Empire -- 1. Enterprise and Expansion, 1848-1885 -- 2. Joining the Imperial World, 1885-1904 -- Part II. Race and Labor -- 3. Corporate Colonialism, 1904-1912 -- 4. Divided Workers, 1912-1921 -- Part III. Imperial Transitions -- 5. The Rise of Hispanic Nationalism, 1921-1929 -- 6. Reframing the Empire, 1929-1940 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Colby provides new insight into the role of transnational capital, labor migration, and racial nationalism in shaping U.S. expansion into Central America and the greater Caribbean.
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Intro -- The Business of Empire -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Foundations of Empire -- 1. Enterprise and Expansion, 1848-1885 -- 2. Joining the Imperial World, 1885-1904 -- Part II. Race and Labor -- 3. Corporate Colonialism, 1904-1912 -- 4. Divided Workers, 1912-1921 -- Part III. Imperial Transitions -- 5. The Rise of Hispanic Nationalism, 1921-1929 -- 6. Reframing the Empire, 1929-1940 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Colby provides new insight into the role of transnational capital, labor migration, and racial nationalism in shaping U.S. expansion into Central America and the greater Caribbean.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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