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040			_cHuman Rights Violations Victims' Memorial Commission
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245		0	_aColonial crucible : _bempire in the making of the modern American state _cEdited by : Alfred W. McCoy & Francisco A. Scarano
260			_bQuezon City _cAteneo de Manila University Press
300			_bxv, 685 pages : _cmaps, illustrations;
504			_aIncludes index
520			_aAt 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 reveals how this experiment in direct territorial rule subtly but profoundly shaped US policy and practice - both abroad and, crucially, at home.
650			_aImperialism -- United States
650			_aUnited States -- Foreign relations -- 1901-1909
650			_aUnites States -- Foreign relations -- 1897-1901
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