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Empire by invitation : William Walker and Manifest Destiny in Central America /

Michel Gobat traces the untold story of the rise and fall of the first U.S. overseas empire to William Walker, a believer in the nation's manifest destiny to spread its blessings not only westward but abroad as well. In the 1850s, Walker and a small group of U.S. expansionists migrated to Nicar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gobat, Michel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Walker, William, > 1824-1860.
Filibusters > Nicaragua > History.
Manifest Destiny.
Nicaragua > History > Filibuster War, 1855-1860.
Democratization > Nicaragua > History.
United States > Relations > Nicaragua.
United States > Relations > Central America.
Nicaragua > Relations > United States.
Central America > Relations > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "The apple in our Eden"
  • Inviting the filibusters
  • "Walker is the United States"
  • The colonists
  • Imagined empire
  • Creating a filibuster state
  • The promise of development
  • Filibuster revolution
  • The fall
  • Epilogue.