Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Imperialist Imaginary The Imperialist Imaginary John R. Eperjesi In a groundbreaking work of "New Americanist" studies, John R. Eperjesi explores the cultural and economic formation of the Unites States relationship to China and the Pacific Rim in the nineteenth a… OL11634725W
The Burning Tigris The Burning Tigris Peter Balakian A History of International Human Rights and Forgotten HeroesIn this national bestseller, the critically acclaimed author Peter Balakian brings us a riveting narrative of the massacres of the Armenian… OL15863664W
Krivye zerkala Krivye zerkala Davis, Donald E. "Drawing on memoirs, archives, and interviews, Davis and Trani trace American prejudice toward Russia and China by focusing on the views of influential writers and politicians over the course of the … OL19942387W
American Responses to the Holocaust American Responses to the Holocaust Derek Rubin,Hans Krabbendam 216 pages ; 22 cm OL21609922W
American opinion and the Irish question, 1910-23 American opinion and the Irish question, 1910-23 Francis M. Carroll xi, 319 pages ; 23 cm OL2646124W
Seeing blue Seeing blue Esther Brimmer "This Chaillot Paper explores American perspectives on the EU, particularly as a global strategic actor. Americans' views of the EU do not simply run along party political lines; instead there is a c… OL29242689W
Imagining the Holy Land Imagining the Holy Land Burke O. Long "The photographs, maps, travelers' accounts, and physical reconstructions that are the subject of this book once fired the popular imagination with fantasies of a place called "the Holy Land." It was… OL2966979W
Latin American underdevelopment Latin American underdevelopment James William Park "Discusses explanations commonly given in US for Latin American underdevelopment from 1870-1965. Explanations were based primarily on perceptions, and more often misperceptions, of the culture, peopl… OL3511404W
The year after the riots The year after the riots Naomi Wiener Cohen In August, 1929, Arabs in Palestine rose up in bloody riots against Jews. More than 130 Jews were killed, among them eight young American students. The immediate cause of the riots appeared simple --… OL454492W
The Arab image in the US press The Arab image in the US press Issam Suleiman Mousa Based on a study of the "New York Times." OL5610237W
Anglo-American Hispanists and the Spanish Civil War Anglo-American Hispanists and the Spanish Civil War Sebastiaan Faber What do you do when a beloved foreign country plunges into civil war? And how do you square your political views on that war with the demands of scholarly objectivity? In this book, Sebastiaan Faber … OL5954666W
Distorted mirrors Distorted mirrors Davis, Donald E. "Drawing on memoirs, archives, and interviews, Davis and Trani trace American prejudice toward Russia and China by focusing on the views of influential writers and politicians over the course of the … OL5957298W
We'll Always Have Paris We'll Always Have Paris Harvey A. Levenstein For much of the twentieth century, Americans had a love/hate relationship with France. While many admired its beauty, culture, refinement, and famed joie de vivre, others thought of it as a dilapidat… OL8002791W