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Author:

Grandin, Greg, 1962-

Title:

Empire's workshop : Latin America, the United States, and the rise of the new imperialism / Greg Grandin.

Edition:

1st Owl books ed.

Publisher:

Metropolitan/Owl Books,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

viii, 292 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Latin America--Relations--United States.
United States--Relations--Latin America.
Americans--Latin America--History.
United States--Philosophy.--2001---Philosophy.
Imperialism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-276) and index.

Contents:

The camel not in the Koran -- How Latin America saved the United States from itself -- The most important place in the world: toward a new imperialism -- Going primitive: the violence of the new imperialism -- Bringing it all back home: the politics of the new imperialism -- The third conquest of Latin America: the economics of the new imperialism -- Globalization's showpiece: The failure of the new imperialism -- Iraq is not Arabic for Latin America.

Series:

The American empire project

ISBN:

0805083235 (pbk.)
9780805083231 (pbk.)

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)