Author: Daniel Immerwahr File Type: epub A pathbreaking history of the United States overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empireWe are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the United States is an empire, exercising power around the world. But what about the actual territoriesthe islands, atolls, and archipelagosthis country has governed and inhabited?In How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr tells the fascinating story of the United States outside the United States. In crackling, fast-paced prose, he reveals forgotten episodes that cast American history in a new light. We travel to the Guano Islands, where prospectors collected one of the nineteenth centurys most valuable commodities, and the Philippines, site of the most destructive event on U.S. soil. In Puerto Rico, Immerwahr 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, Immerwahr 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. Rich with absorbing vignettes, full of surprises, and driven by an original conception of what empire and globalization mean today, How to Hide an Empire is a major and compulsively readable work of history.

Author: James G. Krueger File Type: epub Good stewardship of nature and the earth--those foundations upon which life depends--is our most pressing challenge, requiring a monumental and relentlessly single-minded unity of purpose. Yet in America, the cause of conservation suffers while the political Left and Right conduct an endless tug of war. The result is stalemate and inaction. James Krueger shows how this state of affairs stems from a widespread--and unnecessary--confusion in thinking about conservation. He explores the movements beginnings and its profound and enduring connection with such traditional pro-life and pro-family values of stability, self-discipline, morality, and community, which could again be called upon to undergird a robust conservationist ethic. At the same time, Krueger embarks on a provocative questioning of values dear to the liberal Left--having to do with gender, family, economics, and individual rights--to ask whether these are not, at their core, violently opposed to the very nature liberal-minded people claim to champion and protect. The Disfiguration of Nature invites us to disconnect from our destructive illusions about both nature and ourselves in favor of a humble yet constructive--and eventually powerful--understanding, the kind that can create a desperately needed common ground in service of our shared American landscape and the promise of sound human culture upon it. Orthodox theology and spirituality have traditionally advanced the concept of transfiguration as the ultimate aspiration of all people and all things. This book demonstrates how ignoring the far-reaching implications of our vocation to conserve Gods creation leads to the disfigurement of nature. --John Chryssavgis, author of Earth as Sacrament James G. Krueger is founder of Mons Nubifer Sanctus, a center for training in the Christian spiritual life rooted in contemplative prayer. He lives with his wife Maureen in the Catskill Mountains, where he is Priest in Charge of a small congregation. In the throes of establishing a modest farmstead, Krueger has also contributed essays and poems to numerous periodicals and is an award-winning songwriter. He blogs at monsnubifer.org and catskillhome.net. His website is www.jameskrueger.com. **About the Author James G. Krueger is founder of Mons Nubifer Sanctus, a center for training in the Christian spiritual life rooted in contemplative prayer. He lives with his wife Maureen in the Catskill Mountains, where he is Priest in Charge of a small congregation. In the throes of establishing a modest farmstead, Krueger has also contributed essays and poems to numerous periodicals and is an award-winning songwriter. He blogs at monsnubifer.org and catskillhome.net. His website is www.jameskrueger.com.

Author: Derek Attridge File Type: epub This second edition of The Cambridge Companion to Joyce contains several revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Joyces politics, a fresh sense of the importance of his engagement with Ireland, and the changes wrought by gender studies on criticism of his work. This Companion gathers an international team of leading scholars who shed light on Joyces work and life. The contributions are informative, stimulating and full of rich and accessible insights which will provoke thought and discussion in and out of the classroom. The Companions reading lists and extended bibliography offer readers the necessary tools for further informed exploration of Joyce studies. This volume is designed primarily as a students reference work (although it is organised so that it can also be read from cover to cover), and will deepen and extend the enjoyment and understanding of Joyce for the new reader.**ReviewThese essays offer introductions to numerous ways of locating Joyce in the wider world of theory and ideas, and are useful springboards back into the works themselves ... reading adding another layer to our understanding of the man and the work. The Irish Times Book Description This Companion contains several new and revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Joyces politics, a fresh sense of the importance of his engagement with Ireland, and the changes wrought by gender studies on criticism of his work. The second edition gathers an international team of leading scholars with accessible insights which will provoke thought and discussion in and out of the classroom. Its reading lists and extended bibliography will offer readers the necessary tools for further informed exploration of Joyce studies.

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