Jenna Marcus Mary Renda’s Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915-1940 challenges readers to reflect on American empire and the complex relationship between its center and peripheries. Using a rich array of primary sources and interdisciplinary methods, Renda examines the interplay between domestic culture and imperial expansion through the lens of the early twentieth century American occupation of Haiti. Placing domestic cultural attitudes … Continue reading Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915-1940