02134cam a2200337 i 4500 371324880 TxGeo 20190301120000.0 180501s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018020388 9780374172145 hbk. 0374172145 hbk. (OCoLC)1036104286 TxGeo rda Immerwahr, Daniel, 1980- How to hide an empire : a history of the greater United States / Daniel Immerwahr. History of the greater United States. First edition. New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. viii, 516 pages : illustrations, maps, photos ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-483) and index. Introduction: Looking beyond the logo map -- Part I. The Colonial empire. 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 -- Part II. The pointillist empire. 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 -- Conclusion: Enduring empire. "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. 20190301. United States Territories and possessions History. United States Colonial question. QS5