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100 1 Immerwahr, Daniel,|d1980-|eauthor.|1https://id.oclc.org/
worldcat/entity/E39PBJj8QxFq8dj3wch4jRDcyd
245 10 How to hide an empire :|ba history of the greater United
States /|cDaniel Immerwahr.
246 30 History of the greater United States
250 First Picador paperback edition.
264 1 New York :|bPicador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux,|c2020.
264 4 |c©2019
300 viii, 516 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c21 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
336 still image|bsti|2rdacontent
336 cartographic image|bcri|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 |tIntroduction: Looking beyond the logo map --|gI.|tThe
Colonial Empire : --|tThe fall and rise of Daniel Boone --
|tIndian Country --|tEverything you always wanted to know
about Guano but were afraid to ask --|tTeddy Roosevelt's
very good day --|tEmpire state of mind --|tShouting the
battle cry of freedom --|tOutside the charmed circle --
|tWhite city --|tDoctors without borders --|tFortress
America --|tWarfare state --|tThere are times when men
have to die --|gII.|tThe Pointillist Empire : --|tKilroy
was here --|tDecolonizing the United States --|tNobody
knows in America, Puerto Rico's in America --|tSynthetica
--|tThis is what God hath wrought --|tThe empire of the
red octagon --|tLanguage is a virus --|tPower is
sovereignty, Mister Bond --|tBaselandia --|tThe war of
points --|tConclusion: Enduring empire.
520 Many are familiar with maps that outline all fifty U.S.
states. And many are also familiar with the idea that the
U.S. is an "empire," exercising power around the world.
But what about the actual territories - the islands,
atolls, and archipelagos - the country has governed and
inhabited? In this book, the author tells the story of the
United States outside of the United States. This book
reveals forgotten episodes that cast American history in a
new light. Readers 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, the
author 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, the
author 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. --
Adapted from publisher's description
520 "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
650 7 Territorial expansion|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01355135
651 0 United States|xTerritories and possessions|xHistory.
651 0 United States|xColonial question.
651 7 United States|2fast|1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/
E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq|0(OCoLC)fst01204155
655 7 History|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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