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How to hide an empire a short history of the greater United States Daniel Immerwahr

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London The Bodley Head 2019Description: 516 pages 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • Volume
ISBN:
  • 9781847923981
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • F965.I46 HOW
Contents:
The fall and rise of Daniel Boone -- Indian Country -- Everything you always wanted to know about Guano but were afraid to ask -- Teddy Roosevelt's very good day -- Empire state of mind -- Shouting the battle cry of freedom -- Outside the charmed circle -- White city -- Doctors without borders -- Fortress America -- Warfare state -- There are times when men have to die -- Kilroy was here -- Decolonizing the United States -- Nobody knows in America, Puerto Rico's in America -- Synthetica -- This is what God hath wrought -- The empire of the red octagon -- Language is a virus -- Power is sovereignty, Mister Bond -- Baselandia -- The war of points.
Summary: "A history of the United States' overseas possessions, from Puerto Rico to the Philippines and beyond, and what they reveal about the true meaning of American empire"
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Book Book Zvishavane Library Open Shelf F965.I46 HOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 147718 Available BK134301

Includes an index.

The fall and rise of Daniel Boone --
Indian Country --
Everything you always wanted to know about Guano but were afraid to ask --
Teddy Roosevelt's very good day --
Empire state of mind --
Shouting the battle cry of freedom --
Outside the charmed circle --
White city --
Doctors without borders --
Fortress America --
Warfare state --
There are times when men have to die --
Kilroy was here --
Decolonizing the United States --
Nobody knows in America, Puerto Rico's in America --
Synthetica --
This is what God hath wrought --
The empire of the red octagon --
Language is a virus --
Power is sovereignty, Mister Bond --
Baselandia --
The war of points.

"A history of the United States' overseas possessions, from Puerto Rico to the Philippines and beyond, and what they reveal about the true meaning of American empire"

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