AMST 20100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Dole Food Company
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What makes a formal empire: expansive, power (unequal distribution, strong military and government, taking over other nations. How do we see the impact of empires today: laws, norms, culture, language. Kaplan reading: informal empire, often accomplished through economics and business, rather than by military force, ex. annexation of hawaii (forced by the dole pineapple company, ex. Us laws/rights don"t apply: us lacks sovereignty, which means they can do whatever they want, 1990s: military coup in haiti led to refugees trying to come to. America: we put them in guantanamo because we feared that.
