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  | | Who Is Rigoberta Menchu?(Abridged) by Greg Grandin Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2011 by Verso Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-458-9, ISBN: 1-84467-458-4 "A leading radical historian investigates the accusations made against the author of bestselling memoir I, Rigoberta Menchú.In 1984, indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchú published a harrowing account of life under a military dictatorship in Guatemala. That autobiography—I, Rigoberta Menchú—transformed the study and understanding of modern Guatemalan history and brought its author international renown. She won a Nobel Peace Prize i ..." |
 | | The End of the Myth From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America by Greg Grandin Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2019 by Metropolitan Books ISBN-13: 978-1-250-17982-1, ISBN: 1-250-17982-3 "LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTIONFrom a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump’s border wall.Ever since this nation’s inception, the idea of an open and ever-expanding frontier has been central to American identity. Symbolizing a future of endless promise, it was the foundation of the United States’ belief in itself as ..." |
 | | The End of the Myth(Reprint) From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America by Greg Grandin Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2020 by Metropolitan Books ISBN-13: 978-1-250-21485-0, ISBN: 1-250-21485-8 "LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTIONFrom a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump’s border wall.Ever since this nation’s inception, the idea of an open and ever-expanding frontier has been central to American identity. Symbolizing a future of endless promise, it was the foundation of the United States’ belief in itself as ..." |
 | | Kissinger's Shadow(Reprint) The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman by Greg Grandin Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2016 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-1-250-09717-0, ISBN: 1-250-09717-7 "A new account of America's most controversial diplomat that moves beyond praise or condemnation to reveal Kissinger as the architect of America's current imperial stanceIn this fascinating book Kissinger's Shadow, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin argues that to understand the crisis of contemporary America―its never-ending wars abroad and political polarization at home―we have to understand Henry Kissinger.Examining Kissinger’s own writ ..." |
 | | The Empire of Necessity(Reprint) Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World by Greg Grandin Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2015 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-1-250-06210-9, ISBN: 1-250-06210-1 ""NEW YORK TIMES "EDITOR'S CHOICE"SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "RECOMMENDED BOOKWINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZEOne morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, Captain Amasa Delano, a New England seal hunter, climbed aboard a distressed Spanish ship carrying scores of West Africans he thought were slaves. They weren't. In fact, they were performing an elaborate ruse, having risen up earlier and slaughtered most of the crew and offi ..." |
 | | Fordlandia(1st Edition) The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2010 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42962-1, ISBN: 0-312-42962-2 "The stunning, never before told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the AmazonIn 1927, Henry Ford, the richest man in the world, bought a tract of land twice the size of Delaware in the Brazilian Amazon. His intention was to grow rubber, but the project rapidly evolved into a more ambitious bid to export America itself, along with its golf courses, ice-cream shops, bandstands, indoor plumbing, an ..." |
 | | The Blood of Guatemala A History of Race and Nation (Latin America Otherwise) by Greg Grandin, Walter D. Mignolo, Sonia Saldivar-Hull, Irene Silverblatt Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2000 by Duke University Press Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-2495-9, ISBN: 0-8223-2495-4 "Over the latter half of the twentieth century, the Guatemalan state slaughtered more than two hundred thousand of its citizens. In the wake of this violence, a vibrant pan-Mayan movement has emerged, one that is challenging Ladino (non-indigenous) notions of citizenship and national identity. In The Blood of Guatemala Greg Grandin locates the origins of this ethnic resurgence within the social processes of eighteenth- and nineteenth-cen ..." |
 | | The Empire of Necessity(1st Edition) Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World by Greg Grandin Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2014 by Metropolitan Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-9453-4, ISBN: 0-8050-9453-9 "From the acclaimed author of Fordlandia, the story of a remarkable slave rebellion that illuminates America’s struggle with slavery and freedom during the Age of Revolution and beyondOne morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, Captain Amasa Delano, a seal hunter, climbed aboard a distressed Spanish slaver. He spent all day on the ship, distributing food and water, yet failed to see that the slaves, having seized contr ..." |
 | | Empire's Workshop (Updated and Expanded Edition): Latin America and the Making of an Imperial United States by Greg Grandin 320 Pages, Published 2021 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-1-250-75329-8, ISBN: 1-250-75329-5 "Historian Greg Grandin follows the United States' imperial operations from Jefferson's aspirations for an "empire of liberty" in Cuba and Spanish Florida to Reagan's support for brutally oppressive but U.S.-friendly regimes in Central ..." |
 | | A Century of Revolution Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Violence during Latin America’s Long Cold War (American Encounters/Global Interactions) by Greg Grandin, Gilbert M. Joseph, Friedrich Katz, Emily S. Rosenberg, Duke Univ Pr, Jocelyn Olcott Paperback, 456 Pages, Published 2010 by Duke University Press Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-4737-8, ISBN: 0-8223-4737-7 "Latin America experienced an epochal cycle of revolutionary upheavals and insurgencies during the twentieth century, from the Mexican Revolution of 1910 through the mobilizations and terror in Central America, the Southern Cone, and the Andes during the 1970s and 1980s. In his introduction to A Century of Revolution, Greg Grandin argues that the dynamics of political violence and terror in Latin America are so recognizable in their enfo ..." |
 | | The Empire of Necessity The Untold History of a Slave Rebellion in the Age of Liberty by Greg Grandin Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2015 by Oneworld Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-78074-645-6, ISBN: 1-78074-645-8 "SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2014 WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE 2015 One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, seal hunter and abolitionist Captain Amasa Delano climbed aboard the Tryal, a distressed Spanish slaver. He spent all day on the ship, sharing food and water, yet failed to see that the slaves, having slaughtered most of the crew, were now their own masters. Later, when Delano rea ..." |
 | | Fordlandia(1st Edition) The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin, Eduardo Sguiglia Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2009 by Metropolitan Books Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-8236-4, ISBN: 0-8050-8236-0 "The stunning, never before told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the AmazonIn 1927, Henry Ford, the richest man in the world, bought a tract of land twice the size of Delaware in the Brazilian Amazon. His intention was to grow rubber, but the project rapidly evolved into a more ambitious bid to export America itself, along with its golf courses, ice-cream shops, bandstands, indoor plumbing, an ..." |
 | | Empire's Workshop(1st Edition) Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism (American Empire Project) by Greg Grandin Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2007 by Holt Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-8323-1, ISBN: 0-8050-8323-5 ""Grandin has always been a brilliant historian; now he uses his detective skills in a book that is absolutely crucial to understanding our present." Naomi Klein, author of "No Logo"The British and Roman empires are often invoked as precedents to the Bush administration's aggressive foreign policy. But America's imperial identity was actually shaped much closer to home. In a brilliant excavation of long-obscured history, "Empire's Worksh ..." |
 | | Empire's Workshop(1st Edition) Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism by Greg Grandin Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2006 by Metropolitan Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-7738-4, ISBN: 0-8050-7738-3 "An eye-opening examination of Latin America's role as proving ground for U.S. imperial strategies and tacticsIn recent years, one book after another has sought to take the measure of the Bush administration's aggressive foreign policy. In their search for precedents, they invoke the Roman and British empires as well as postwar reconstructions of Germany and Japan. Yet they consistently ignore the one place where the United States had it ..." |
 | | The Guatemala Reader History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers) by Greg Grandin, Elizabeth Oglesby, Deborah T. Levenson, Deborah Levenson-Estrada Paperback, 688 Pages, Published 2011 by Duke University Press Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-5107-8, ISBN: 0-8223-5107-2 "This reader brings together more than 200 texts and images in a broad introduction to Guatemala's history, culture, and politics. In choosing the selections, the editors sought to avoid representing the country only in terms of its long experience of conflict, racism, and violence. And so, while offering many perspectives on that violence, this anthology portrays Guatemala as a real place where people experience joys and sorrows that ca ..." |
 | | The Last Colonial Massacre(1st Edition) Latin America in the Cold War by Greg Grandin, Naomi . Klein Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2004 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-30572-1, ISBN: 0-226-30572-4 "After decades of bloody revolutions and political terror, many scholars and politicians lament the rise and brief influence of the left in Latin America; since the triumph of Castro they have accused the left there of rejecting democracy, embracing Communist totalitarianism, and prompting both revolutionary violence and a right-wing backlash. The Last Colonial Massacre challenges these views.Using Guatemala as a case study, Greg Grandin ..." |
 | | Kissinger's Shadow(1st Edition) The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman by Greg Grandin Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2015 by Metropolitan Books ISBN-13: 978-1-62779-449-7, ISBN: 1-62779-449-2 "A new account of America's most controversial diplomat that moves beyond praise or condemnation to reveal Kissinger as the architect of America's current imperial stanceIn his fascinating new book Kissinger's Shadow, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin argues that to understand the crisis of contemporary America its never-ending wars abroad and political polarization at home we have to understand Henry Kissinger.Examining Kissinger's own w ..." |
 | | The Empire of Necessity by Greg Grandin Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2014 by Oneworld Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-78074-410-0, ISBN: 1-78074-410-2 "SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2014 Discover the story of a real-life Captain Ahab of the slave trade, in a landmark book by one of today's most original and highly acclaimed historians One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, seal hunter and abolitionist Captain Amasa Delano climbed aboard the Tryal, a distressed Spanish slaver. He spent all day on the ship, sharing food and water, yet fa ..." |
 | | Human Rights and Revolutions(2nd Edition) by Greg Grandin, Lynn Hunt, Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Contributor-Florence Bernault, Contributor-Yanni Kotsonis, Contributor-Timothy Mcdaniel, Contributor-Sumit Ganguly, Contributor-Kristin Ross, Contributor-Alexander Woodside, Contributor-David Zaret, Contributor-Michael Zuckert, Marilyn B. Young, Professor James N. Green, Mark Philip Bradley, Lynn Avery Hunt, Wasserstrom/Grandin/, University Lynn Hunt Hardcover, 244 Pages, Published 2007 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-5513-6, ISBN: 0-7425-5513-5 "Now in a revised and updated edition with added original chapters, this acclaimed book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the complex links between revolutionary struggles and human rights discourses and practices. Covering events as far removed from one another in time and space as the English Civil War, the Parisian upheavals of 1789, Latin American independence struggles, and protests in late twentieth-century China, the co ..." |
 | | Human Rights and Revolutions, Second Edition(2nd Edition) by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Greg Grandin, Lynn Hunt, Marilyn B. Young, Lynn Avery Hunt, Florence Bernault, Mark Philip Bradley, Sumit Ganguly, James N. Green, Yanni Kotsonis, Timothy Mcdaniel, Kristin Ross, Alexander Woodside, David Zaret, Michael Zuckert, Wasserstrom/Grandin/, University Lynn Hunt Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2007 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-5514-3, ISBN: 0-7425-5514-3 "Now in a revised and updated edition with added original chapters, this acclaimed book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the complex links between revolutionary struggles and human rights discourses and practices. Covering events as far removed from one another in time and space as the English Civil War, the Parisian upheavals of 1789, Latin American independence struggles, and protests in late twentieth-century China, the co ..." |
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