The Picky Eagle : : How Democracy and Xenophobia Limited U.S. Territorial Expansion / / Richard W. Maass.
The Picky Eagle explains why the United States stopped annexing territory by focusing on annexation's domestic consequences, both political and normative. It describes how the US rejection of further annexations, despite its rising power, set the stage for twentieth-century efforts to outlaw co...
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Maass, Richard W., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Picky Eagle : How Democracy and Xenophobia Limited U.S. Territorial Expansion / Richard W. Maass. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2020] ©2021 1 online resource (312 p.) : 1 map, 2 charts text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 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 -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The Picky Eagle explains why the United States stopped annexing territory by focusing on annexation's domestic consequences, both political and normative. It describes how the US rejection of further annexations, despite its rising power, set the stage for twentieth-century efforts to outlaw conquest. In contrast to conventional accounts of a nineteenth-century shift from territorial expansion to commercial expansion, Richard Maass argues that US ambitions were selective from the start.His book is animated by twenty-three case studies, examining the decision-making of U.S. leaders facing opportunities to pursue annexation between 1775 and 1898. U.S. presidents, secretaries, and congressmen consistently worried about how absorbing new territories would affect their domestic political influence and their goals for their country. They were particularly sensitive to annexation's domestic costs where xenophobia interacted with their commitment to democracy: rather than grant political representation to a large alien population or subject it to a long-term imperial regime, they regularly avoided both of these perceived bad options by rejecting annexation. As a result, U.S. leaders often declined even profitable opportunities for territorial expansion, and they renounced the practice entirely once no desirable targets remained.In addition to offering an updated history of the foundations of US territorial expansion, The Picky Eagle adds important nuance to previous theories of great-power expansion, with implications for our understanding of US foreign policy and international relations. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Democracy United States History. Xenophobia Political aspects United States History. Early American & Colonial History. Political Science & Political History. U.S. History. HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800). bisacsh International Relations, Diplomatic History, US History, US Foreign Policy, International Security. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 9783110690460 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English 9783110704716 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 9783110704518 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2020 English 9783110704730 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2020 9783110704525 ZDB-23-DEG print 9781501748769 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501748776 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501748776 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501748776/original |
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Maass, Richard W., Maass, Richard W., The Picky Eagle : How Democracy and Xenophobia Limited U.S. Territorial Expansion / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 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 -- Notes -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 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 -- Notes -- Index |
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