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Synopsis. The book takes a humorous tone and examines the fulfillment of American imperialist manifest destiny at the end of the 19th century as America annexed Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and invaded Cuba, and the Philippines in 1898, in an attempt to become a global power.
4 feb 2011 · In Unfamiliar Fishes, Sarah Vowell argues that 1898 might be a year just as crucial to our nation's identity, when, in an orgy of imperialism, the United States annexed Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and invaded Cuba, and then the Philippines, becoming a meddling, self-serving, militaristic international superpower practically overnight.
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22 mar 2011 · In Unfamiliar Fishes, Sarah Vowell argues that 1898 might be a year just as defining, when, in an orgy of imperialism, the United States annexed Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and invaded first Cuba, then the Philippines, becoming an international superpower practically overnight.
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1 giu 2021 · Unfamiliar fishes. by. Vowell, Sarah, 1969-. Publication date. 2011. Topics. Americanization -- History, Imperialism -- History, Large type books, Hawaii -- History, Hawaii -- Annexation to the United States, Hawaii -- Colonization, United States -- Territorial expansion, United States -- Foreign relations -- 1897-1901. Publisher.
6 mar 2012 · Unfamiliar Fishes. Sarah Vowell. Penguin Publishing Group, Mar 6, 2012 - Biography & Autobiography - 256 pages. From the author of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States comes an examination of...
In Unfamiliar Fishes, Sarah Vowell argues that 1898 might be a year just as defining, when, in an orgy of imperialism, the United States annexed Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and invaded first Cuba, then the Philippines, becoming an international superpower practically overnight.
In Unfamiliar Fishes, she will explore the exceptional history of Hawaii with her personal reporting and trademark smart-aleckiness to find out the odd and emblematic history of Hawaii, and how it got to be that way.
