How to hide an empire : a history of the greater United States

Immerwahr, Daniel, 1980- author.

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"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."-- Provided by publisher.

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United States Colonial question

United States Territories and possessions History

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ISBN:

9781250251091
9780374172145

Edition:

First Picador paperback edition

Description:

vii, 516 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Other Title:

History of the greater United States

Notes:

Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary
Originally published in hardcover: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019
Includes bibliographical references and index

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

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3176535

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