56 min.
Ep 46: How to Hide an Empire On Top of the World
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Are mountains of bird sh*t, a doctor giving his patients cancer, and the width of screw threads central to the rise of American imperialism? Yes! Matt and Dave discuss How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr.
This a text that will leave North American readers like Matt and Dave, saying "Oh sh*t! That really happened?" It is also history that weaves together mass politics, insane personal stories, and the twists of fate that shaped the changes and continuities of American history beyond and across the boundaries of "logo map."
Recommendations:
Dave - A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Matt - Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800-1850 by Andrew J. Torget
How English Became the Global Language by David Northrup
Dave's book is available for pre-order right now!
World History through Case Studies: Historical Skills in Practice
by Dave Eaton
Are mountains of bird sh*t, a doctor giving his patients cancer, and the width of screw threads central to the rise of American imperialism? Yes! Matt and Dave discuss How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr.
This a text that will leave North American readers like Matt and Dave, saying "Oh sh*t! That really happened?" It is also history that weaves together mass politics, insane personal stories, and the twists of fate that shaped the changes and continuities of American history beyond and across the boundaries of "logo map."
Recommendations:
Dave - A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Matt - Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800-1850 by Andrew J. Torget
How English Became the Global Language by David Northrup
Dave's book is available for pre-order right now!
World History through Case Studies: Historical Skills in Practice
by Dave Eaton
56 min.