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Specters Of Mother India : The Global Restructuring Of An Empire

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Mrinalini SinhaPublication Details
BookDuke University Press2006Links
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Mother India provided graphic details of a variety of social ills in India, especially those related to the status of women and to the particular plight of the country?s child wives. Sinha provides a rich historical narrative of the controversy surrounding Mother India, from the book?s publication through the passage in India of the Child Marriage Restraint Act in the closing months of 1929. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) DS480.45 .S563 2006 DUE 05-27-09
Among Empires : American Ascendancy And Its Predecessors

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Charles S. MaierPublication Details
BookHarvard University Press2006Description
Contemporary America, with its unparalleled armaments and ambition, seems to many commentators a new empire. Marshaling a remarkable array of evidence–from Roman, Ottoman, Moghul, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and British experience–Maier outlines the essentials of empire throughout history. With learning, dispassion, and clarity, Among Empires offers bold comparisons and an original account of American power. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E183.7 .M27 2006 AVAILABLE
Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man

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John PerkinsPublication Details
Book1st edBerrett-Koehler Publishers2004Description
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man reveals a game that, according to John Perkins, is “as old as Empire” but has taken on new and terrifying dimensions in an era of globalization. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) UB271.U52 P47 2004 LOST&PD6-11/07
Blowback : The Costs And Consequences Of American Empire

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Chalmers JohnsonPublication Details
Book1st Owl Books edHenry Holt2001Description
Now available in paperback, Chalmers Johnson’s take-no-prisoners account of the consequences of American global policies, hailed as “brilliant and iconoclastic” (Los Angeles Times) The term “blowback,” invented by the CIA, refers to the unintended consequences of American policies. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E840 .J63 2001 AVAILABLE
The Eclipse Of Great Britain : The United States And British Imperial Decline, 1895-1956

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Anne OrdePublication Details
BookSt. Martin’s Press1996Description
The decline of Great Britain as a world power was the result of long-term economic change and two world wars. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) DA16 .O74 1996 AVAILABLE
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