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

How to hide an empire : a history of the greater United States / Daniel Immerwahr.

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."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0374172145
  • ISBN: 9780374172145
  • Physical Description: viii, 516 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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 whatGod hath wrought -- The empire of the red octagon -- Language is a virus -- Power is sovereignty, Mister Bond -- Baselandia -- The war of points.
Subject: United States > Colonial question.
United States > Territories and possessions > History.

Available copies

  • 9 of 10 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Trails Regional. (Show)
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Trails Regional-Technical Services.

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  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Adair County Public Library A 973 Imm (Text) 34029002489788 Non Fiction Available -
Cape Girardeau Public Library 973 IMM (Text) 33042004595933 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Jefferson County Library-Arnold 973 IMMERWAHR (Text) 30061010166391 Non-Fiction Available -
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North Kansas City Public Library 973 IMMERWAHR 2019 (Text) 0001002201380 Nonfiction Checked out 05/15/2024
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