American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism

by Cornel West

Book Overview

At the end of the nineteenth century the United States swiftly occupied a string of small islands dotting the Caribbean and Western Pacific, from Puerto Rico and Cuba to Hawaii and the Philippines. Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State reveals how this experiment in direct territorial rule subtly but profoundly shaped U.S. policy and practice--both abroad and, crucially, at home. Edited by Alfred W. McCoy and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299119645
• ISBN13: 9780299119645
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"