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Empire as a Way of Life: Gender, Culture, and Power in New Histories of U.S. Imperialism - Eileen J. Suárez Findlay. Imposing Decency: The Politics of Sexuality and Race in Puerto Rico, 1870–1920.Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1999. xii + 316 pp. Introduction, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index, $59.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8223-2375-3; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8223-2396-6. - Laura Wexler. Tender Violence: Domestic Visions in an Age of U.S. Imperialism. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. xii + 363 pp. Introduction, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index, $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8078-2570-0; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8078-4883-2. - Mary A. Renda Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915–1940. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. xvi + 414 pp. Introduction, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index, $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8078-2628-6; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8078-4938-3.

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Eileen J. Suárez Findlay. Imposing Decency: The Politics of Sexuality and Race in Puerto Rico, 1870–1920. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1999. xii + 316 pp. Introduction, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index, $59.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8223-2375-3; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8223-2396-6.
Laura Wexler. Tender Violence: Domestic Visions in an Age of U.S. Imperialism. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. xii + 363 pp. Introduction, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index, $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8078-2570-0; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8078-4883-2.
Mary A. Renda Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915–1940. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. xvi + 414 pp. Introduction, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index, $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8078-2628-6; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8078-4938-3.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2010

Christopher Capozzola
Christopher Capozzola
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era , Volume 1 , Special Issue 4: Teaching the GAPE Internationally , October 2002 , pp. 364 - 374
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An earlier version of this essay was presented as an informal talk sponsored by the WomenA's and Gender Studies program at Middlebury College. Thanks to my colleagues for their feedback, especially Yumna Siddiqi.

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