Islands Of Empire
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Islands Of Empire
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Author : Camilla Fojas
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2014-03-01
Islands Of Empire written by Camilla Fojas and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-01 with Performing Arts categories.
Camilla Fojas explores a broad range of popular culture media—film, television, journalism, advertisements, travel writing, and literature—with an eye toward how the United States as an empire imagined its own military and economic projects. Impressive in its scope, Islands of Empire looks to Cuba, Guam, Hawai‘i, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, asking how popular narratives about these island outposts expressed the attitudes of the continent throughout the twentieth century. Through deep textual readings of Bataan, Victory at Sea, They Were Expendable, and Back to Bataan (Philippines); No Man Is an Island and Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (Guam); Cuba, Havana, and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (Cuba); Blue Hawaii, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, and Paradise, Hawaiian Style (Hawai‘i); and West Side Story, Fame, and El Cantante (Puerto Rico), Fojas demonstrates how popular texts are inseparable from U.S. imperialist ideology. Drawing on an impressive array of archival evidence to provide historical context, Islands of Empire reveals the role of popular culture in creating and maintaining U.S. imperialism. Fojas’s textual readings deftly move from location to location, exploring each island’s relationship to the United States and its complementary role in popular culture. Tracing each outpost’s varied and even contradictory political status, Fojas demonstrates that these works of popular culture mirror each location’s shifting alignment to the U.S. empire, from coveted object to possession to enemy state.
Our Island Empire
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Author : Charles Morris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1899
Our Island Empire written by Charles Morris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1899 with Colonies categories.
Cinderellas Of The Empire
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Author : Barrie Macdonald
language : en
Publisher: [email protected]
Release Date : 2001
Cinderellas Of The Empire written by Barrie Macdonald and has been published by [email protected] this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Islands And The British Empire In The Age Of Sail
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Author : Douglas Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021
Islands And The British Empire In The Age Of Sail written by Douglas Hamilton and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with History categories.
This volume examines the various ways in which islands (and groups of islands) contributed to the establishment, extension, and maintenance of the British Empire in the age of sail.
African Islands
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Author : Toyin Falola
language : en
Publisher: Rochester Studies in African H
Release Date : 2019
African Islands written by Toyin Falola and has been published by Rochester Studies in African H this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Business & Economics categories.
Explores the culturally complex and cosmopolitan histories and of islands off the African coast
Our Island Empire
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Author : Charles Morris
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Our Island Empire written by Charles Morris and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
In this engaging history of the American territories in the Pacific, Morris explores the cultural, political, and economic forces that shaped the growth and development of America's 'island empire'. With vivid descriptions and insightful analysis, Morris illuminates an often-overlooked aspect of American history, making this book a must-read for anyone interested in the nation's global role. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Our Island Empire
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Author : Charles Morris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-02
Our Island Empire written by Charles Morris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-02 with History categories.
Excerpt from Our Island Empire: A Hand-Book of Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands The United States of America, after more than a century of continental growth and development, has, upon the threshold of the Twentieth Century, taken a new and radical step forward in its national career, having added to its dominions a large number of tropical islands, situated on the opposite sides of the earth, and inhabited by peoples strikingly distinct from those of the great republic of the West. The question, What shall we do with them? is one which necessarily arises, but which only time and experience can answer. Some of these islands have been accepted as territorial acquisitions of the United States; others stand at present as wards of the republic, their future status left open to the decision of events. In the new and untried situation into which this country has entered, any hasty settlement of these momentous problems would be unwise and might prove disastrous. A period of watching and waiting is what wisdom dictates, - of drifting on the tide of events until circumstances shall point the way and judgment grow mature. This is not as many would have it. There are numbers eager to settle all questions in a breath, ready to adopt the first half-considered decision - and repent at leisure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Empire Islands
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Author : Rebecca Weaver-Hightower
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2007
Empire Islands written by Rebecca Weaver-Hightower and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Literary Criticism categories.
Through a detailed unpacking of the castaway genre’s appeal in English literature, Empire Islands forwards our understanding of the sociopsychology of British Empire. Rebecca Weaver-Hightower argues convincingly that by helping generations of readers to make sense of—and perhaps feel better about—imperial aggression, the castaway story in effect enabled the expansion and maintenance of European empire. Empire Islands asks why so many colonial authors chose islands as the setting for their stories of imperial adventure and why so many postcolonial writers “write back” to those island castaway narratives. Drawing on insightful readings of works from Thomas More’s Utopia to Caribbean novels like George Lamming’s Water with Berries, from canonical works such as Robinson Crusoe and The Tempest to the lesser-known A Narrative of the Life and Astonishing Adventures of John Daniel by Ralph Morris, Weaver-Hightower examines themes of cannibalism, piracy, monstrosity, imperial aggression, and the concept of going native. Ending with analysis of contemporary film and the role of the United States in global neoimperialism, Weaver-Hightower exposes how island narratives continue not only to describe but to justify colonialism. Rebecca Weaver-Hightower is assistant professor of English and postcolonial studies at the University of North Dakota.
The Akan People
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Author : Assistant Professor of History Kwasi Konadu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-03-05
The Akan People written by Assistant Professor of History Kwasi Konadu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-05 with History categories.
This is a collection of primary sources with introductions.Paper back edition is an abridge version of the more scholarly hardcover edition for the general reader and for students.
Islands Of The Ottoman Empire
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Author : Antonis Hadjikyriacou
language : en
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Release Date : 2019-01-09
Islands Of The Ottoman Empire written by Antonis Hadjikyriacou and has been published by Markus Wiener Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-09 with History categories.
The Ottoman Empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic. It included the islands of Cyprus, Crete, Rhodes, and many smaller islands in the Aegean, Adriatic, and Black Seas. These islands were its frontiers, and many of the battles against Christian enemies were fought here; they were also bridges to the outside world beyond the empire. They were often fortified by magnificent castles, and sometimes served as bases for corsairs. The book highlights significant events in naval history, depicts collective punishments by invaders, and provides myriad insights into economic and cultural life on the islands.