Prairie Imperialists The Indian Country Origins of American Empire

• Main Author: Bjork, Katharine (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 2019
• Series: America in the Nineteenth Century
• Subjects: History of the Americas; Indigenous peoples; History; American Studies; American Indian Studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The Spanish-American War marked the emergence of the United States as an imperial power. It was when the United States first landed troops overseas and established governments of occupation in the Philippines, Cuba, and other formerly Spanish colonies. But such actions to extend U.S. sovereignty abr...