How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

How to Hide an Empire

A History of the Greater United States

By
Daniel Immerwahr
Daniel Immerwahr
2019 • 513 pages

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American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic
The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats
The Canaanites: Their History and Culture from Texts and Artifacts
Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring
Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America's First Imperial Adventure
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
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A People's History of the United States
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
The End of Policing

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Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness
Guest House for Young Widows
Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767
The Color of Law

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White Robes and Broken Badges: Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us
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Tyranny of the Minority: How to Reverse an Authoritarian Turn, and Forge a Democracy for All
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Under the Banner of Heaven
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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
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