1. BUILDING AN EMPIRE, DEFINING A NATION: THE RHETORIC OF U.S. EXPANSION AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Open Access Author: Kimokeo-Goes, Una Haunani Title: BUILDING AN EMPIRE, DEFINING A NATION: THE RHETORIC OF U.S. EXPANSION AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Graduate Program: Communication Arts and Sciences Keywords: U.S. Foreign PolicyU.S. ExpansionSamoaHawaii’s AnnexationProgressive EraImperialismRhetoricAmerican Identity File: Download kimokeo_dissertation_10.25.11.pdf Committee Members: Dr J Michael Hogan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorJames Hogan, Committee Chair/Co-ChairThomas Walter Benson, Committee MemberStephen Howard Browne, Committee MemberCheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Member