Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Content vii
3. Introduction 1
4. “The Apple in Our Eden” 12
5. Inviting the Filibusters 46
6. “Walker Is the United States” 75
7. The Colonists 102
8. Imagined Empire 139
9. Creating a Filibuster State 164
10. The Promise of Development 190
11. Filibuster Revolution 215
12. The Fall 252
13. Epilogue 280
14. Abbreviations 295
15. Notes 297
16. Acknowledgments 353
17. Index 357