How to hide an empire : a short history of the greater United States
Immerwahr, Daniel 1980-
How to hide an empire : a short history of the greater United States Daniel Immerwahr - viii, 516 sider illustrasjoner i svart/hvitt, kart i svart/hvitt 20 cm
Først utgitt i 2019
Har bibliografi
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. This book tells the fascinating story of the United States outside the United States. In crackling, fast-paced prose, he reveals forgotten episodes that cast American history in a new light. We travel to the Guano Islands, where prospectors collected one of the nineteenth century's most valuable commodities, and the Philippines, site of the most destructive event on U.S. soil. In Puerto Rico, Immerwahr shows how U.S. doctors conducted grisly experiments they would never have conducted on the mainland and charts the emergence of independence fighters who would shoot up the U.S. Congress. In the years after World War II, Immerwahr notes, the United States moved away from colonialism. Instead, it put innovations in electronics, transportation, and culture to use, devising a new sort of influence that did not require the control of colonies. Rich with absorbing vignettes, full of surprises, and driven by an original conception of what empire and globalisation mean today, How to Hide an Empire is a major and compulsively readable work of history.
9781784703912
GBB9I0849 bnb
019601372 Uk
United States--Territories and possessions--History.
United States--Colonial question.
kolonisering kolonier imperialisme USA Amerkia historie
973
How to hide an empire : a short history of the greater United States Daniel Immerwahr - viii, 516 sider illustrasjoner i svart/hvitt, kart i svart/hvitt 20 cm
Først utgitt i 2019
Har bibliografi
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. This book tells the fascinating story of the United States outside the United States. In crackling, fast-paced prose, he reveals forgotten episodes that cast American history in a new light. We travel to the Guano Islands, where prospectors collected one of the nineteenth century's most valuable commodities, and the Philippines, site of the most destructive event on U.S. soil. In Puerto Rico, Immerwahr shows how U.S. doctors conducted grisly experiments they would never have conducted on the mainland and charts the emergence of independence fighters who would shoot up the U.S. Congress. In the years after World War II, Immerwahr notes, the United States moved away from colonialism. Instead, it put innovations in electronics, transportation, and culture to use, devising a new sort of influence that did not require the control of colonies. Rich with absorbing vignettes, full of surprises, and driven by an original conception of what empire and globalisation mean today, How to Hide an Empire is a major and compulsively readable work of history.
9781784703912
GBB9I0849 bnb
019601372 Uk
United States--Territories and possessions--History.
United States--Colonial question.
kolonisering kolonier imperialisme USA Amerkia historie
973