As a commercial acquisition and ideal location for American settlement, Hawaii was a vulnerable kingdom during the era of Manifest Destiny. Perhaps, it was this vulnerability, which underlay King Kamehameha III’s opposition ...

This dissertation examines the spatial and built forms of Japanese power. As it sought to consolidate control of new territory, the Meiji government followed a design forged in Tokyo as it attempted to build legitimacy ...

Think Muslims in films or television and you may recall Tasneem Qureishi from Homeland or, more recently, Nadia Ali from Bodyguard. Or you may recall a completely different Muslim woman (if you even can come up with one). ...

This thesis examines the connection between colonialism and violence during the early years of English settlement in North America. I argue that colonization was inherently destructive because the English colonists ...