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First published 2024 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Anderson, Nicholas D. (Nicholas Duncan), author.

Title: Inadvertent expansion : how peripheral agents shape world politics/Nicholas D. Anderson.

Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024020244 (print) | LCCN 2024020245 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501779473 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501779497 (epub) | ISBN 9781501779480 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Imperialism—History—19th century. | Imperialism—History—20th century. | Colonization—History—19th century. | Colonization—History—20th century. | World politics—19th century. | World politics—20th century.

Classification: LCC JC359 .A624 2024 (print) | LCC JC359 (ebook) | DDC 325/.3209034—dc23/eng/20240718

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024020244

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024020245

Cover image: (top) Edward Armitage, The Battle of Meeanee, 17 February 1843, Royal Collection Trust; (bottom) photo © Anton Holoborodko, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, original image has been cropped.