Empire and Progress for America: Willard Straight from China to the New Republic, 1994.

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Empire and Progress for America: Willard Straight from China to the New Republic, 1994.

Paper (two versions) concerning Willard Straight, imperialism, and progressivism.

68 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7910940

Cornell University Library

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Straight, Willard Dickerman, 1880-1918

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Willard D. Straight was born on January 31, 1880 in Oswego, New York. His father died in 1886; the following year Straight and his family moved to Japan. In 1890 his mother died and he returned to Oswego. He attended Bordentown Military Institute in New Jersey, 1896-97, and majored in architecture at Cornell University, 1897-1901. In November 1901 he was appointed to a position with the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service, and from 1902-04 he was personal secretary and assista...

Rauchway, Eric.

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