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Author:   Peter C. Stuart
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Edition:   Annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9780786429837

ISBN 10:   0786429836
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   23 February 2007
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Preface      Introduction     1. Captain Charles Wilkes: Opened Relations with Samoa, 1839      2. Commander Richard W. Meade III: Negotiated Samoa Treaty, 1872      3. Albert B. Steinberger: Premier of Samoa, 1875–1876      4. Captain Henry Glass: Captured Guam, 1898      5. General Nelson A. Miles: Conquered Puerto Rico, 1898      6. Commander B.F. Tilley: First Governor of American Samoa, 1900–1901      7. Senator Joseph B. Foraker: First Congressional Overseer, 1899–1909      8. Representative William A. Jones: First Congressional Reformer, 1899–1918      9. General Frank McIntyre: Military Administrator, 1905–1929      10. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: Governor of Puerto Rico, 1929–1932      11. Paul M. Pearson: First Civilian Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1931–1935      12. Anthony M. Solomon: Inaugurated Acquiring Northern Mariana Islands, 1963      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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"""History is best told through the lives of individuals. Peter Stuart excels at making this important but forgotten piece of American history fun to read, through colorful biographies of the bold and visionary who made it happen.""--Walter J. Hickel, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and former governor of Alaska."

History is best told through the lives of individuals. Peter Stuart excels at making this important but forgotten piece of American history fun to read, through colorful biographies of the bold and visionary who made it happen. --Walter J. Hickel, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and former governor of Alaska.

Author Information

Peter C. Stuart is a former newspaper correspondent, roving writer for an international organization and the author of two previous books on Asia’s poor and America’s overseas possessions. He lives in Massachusetts.

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