Imperial Material : National Symbols in the US Colonial Empire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akiboh, Alvita.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emblems, National--United States--Territories and possessions.

Emblems, National.

Money--United States--Territories and possessions.

Money.

Signs and symbols--Political aspects--United States--Territories and possessions.

Signs and symbols.

Nationalism--United States--Territories and possessions.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2023.

Summary:

"Alvita Akiboh's book reveals how US national identity has been created, challenged, and transformed through embodiments of empire found in its territories, whether stamps, flags, or currency. These objects are economic and symbolic, but they also encode the relationships between territories-including the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico, and Palau-and the empire with which they are entangled. Akiboh shows how such items became objects of local power, transmogrifying their original intent. For even if imperial territories were not always front and center for federal lawmakers and administrators, the people living there remained continuously aware of the imperial United States, whose presence announced itself on every bit of currency, every stamp, and the local flag"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Figures

A Note on Terminology: On Mainlands and Americans

Introduction: National Symbols in the US Colonial Empire

1. What Followed the Flag

2. Pocket-Sized Imperialism

3. Symbolic Supremacy

4. The Object(s) of Occupation

5. Symbolic Decolonization

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Akiboh, Alvita Imperial Material

ISBN:

0-226-82847-6

OCLC:

1396062299