The global interior : mineral frontiers and American power / Megan Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Black, Megan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of the Interior.

United States.

Mines and mineral resources.

Mineral industries.

Imperialism.

United States--Foreign relations--1865-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Megan Black argues that the U.S. Department of the Interior, known for managing domestic natural resources and operating public parks, constantly supports and projects American power abroad. In the guise of sharing expertise globally, Interior has helped the U.S. maintain key benefits of empire without the burden of playing the imperialist villain.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The Closing of the Interior

2. New Jewels in the Crown of American Empire

3. The Treasure of the Western Hemisphere

4. Unearthing Development

5. The Bounty of the Seas

6. Prospecting the Final Frontier

7. The Wealth of the Wastelands

Epilogue

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)

ISBN:

9780674989603

0674989600

9780674989580

0674989589

OCLC:

1050321380