American Empire
Subtitle: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization (California Studies in Critical Human Geography)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 29, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 586
ISBN-13: 9780520243385
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Human geography; Science; Science/Mathematics; USA; Americas (North Central South West Indies); Anthropology - General; Earth Sciences - Geography; Science / Geography
First sentence: The story is told, perhaps apocryphally, that in May 1898 when William McKinley received the news that Commodore George Dewey had sailed into Manila Bay, routed the Spanish navy, and claimed the Philippines, the president was immediately jubilant-but also quickly puzzled.