Imperial Archipelago: Representation and Rule in the Insular Territories Under U.S. Dominion After 1898

by Lanny Thompson

Imperial Archipelago is a comparative study of the symbolic representations, both textual and photographic, of Cuba, Guam, Hawaii, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico that appeared in popular and official publications in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War of 1898. It examines the connections between these representations and the forms of rule established by the U.S. in each at the turn of the century--thus answering the question why different...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824834887
• ISBN13: 9780824834883
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"