Projections of Power
The United States and Europe in Colonial Southeast Asia, 1919-1941
1st Edition
Published on 30. July 2010
256 pages
978-0-8223-9312-2 (ISBN)
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Examines how the presence of the United States as a colonial power in Southeast Asia was perceived by Americans, and how it influenced Southeast Asians and European imperial powers in the region.
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The United States and Europe in Colonial Southeast Asia, 1919-1941
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The United States and Europe in Colonial Southeast Asia, 1919-1941
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Anne L. Foster is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana State University. She is an editor of The American Colonial State in the Philippines: Global Perspectives, also published by Duke University Press.
Content
Acknowledgments vii
Preface ix
Introduction 1
1. New Threats and New Opportunities: Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia, 1919-1929 15
2. "The Highways of Trade Will Be Highways of Peace": United States Trade and Investment in Southeast Asia 43
3. An Empire of the Mind: American Culture and Southeast Asia, 1919-1941 73
4. Depression and the Discovery of Limits 111
5. Challenges to the Established Order, 1930-1939 143
Conclusion: The United States and Imperialism in Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia 175
List of Abbreviations 181
Notes 183
Bibliography 219
Index 235
Preface ix
Introduction 1
1. New Threats and New Opportunities: Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia, 1919-1929 15
2. "The Highways of Trade Will Be Highways of Peace": United States Trade and Investment in Southeast Asia 43
3. An Empire of the Mind: American Culture and Southeast Asia, 1919-1941 73
4. Depression and the Discovery of Limits 111
5. Challenges to the Established Order, 1930-1939 143
Conclusion: The United States and Imperialism in Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia 175
List of Abbreviations 181
Notes 183
Bibliography 219
Index 235
