Imperial Archipelago: Representation and Rule in the Insular Territories under U.S. Dominion after 1898 9780824860455

Imperial Archipelago is a comparative study of the symbolic representations, both textual and photographic, of Cuba, Gua

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Imperial Archipelago: Representation and Rule in the Insular Territories under U.S. Dominion after 1898
 9780824860455

Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Imperial Problem and the New Possessions
Chapter 2. Islands of Women
Chapter 3. Narratives of Evolution
Chapter 4. Strategies for Americanization
Chapter 5. Legal Foundations of Colonial Rule
Chapter 6. Guam: The Ship Metaphor and Military Rule
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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