Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-278) and index.
Contents
The broken skein : American territorial expansion and 1898 -- The spoils of the Spanish-American war -- Reasons for empire -- Downes v. Bidwell -- A court torn : the Insular cases of 1901 -- Commerce, citizenship, and other questions -- Law and order in the territories -- The Insular cases and American empire -- Informal empire and the end of territorial expansion.
