TY - BOOK AU - Immerwahr,Daniel TI - How to hide an empire: a history of the greater United States SN - 9780374172145 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Farrar, Straus and Giroux KW - United States KW - Territories and possessions KW - History KW - Colonial question N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-483) and index; Introduction: Looking beyond the logo map -- A note on language -- 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 N2 - "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 ER -