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Possibly the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition, a formative influence on many of America's finest writers, and an outspoken opponent of social injustice. This biography, the first comprehensive work on Howells in fifty years, enters the consciousness of the man and his times, revealing a complicated and painfully honest figure who came of age in an era of political corruption, industrial greed, and American imperialism. Written with verve and originality in a highly absorbing style, it brings alive for a new generation a literary and cultural pioneer who played a key role in creating the American artistic ethos. William Dean Howells traces the writer's life from his boyhood in Ohio before the Civil War, to his consularship in Italy under President Lincoln, to his rise as editor of Atlantic Monthly. It looks at his writing, which included novels, poems, plays, children's books, and criticism. Howells had many powerful friendships among the literati of his day; and here we find an especially rich examination of the relationship between Howells and Mark Twain. Howells was, as Twain called him, "the boss" of literary critics-his support almost single-handedly made the careers of many writers, including African Americans like Paul Dunbar and women like Sarah Orne Jewett. Showcasing many noteworthy personalities-Henry James, Edmund Gosse, H. G. Wells, Stephen Crane, Emily Dickinson, and many others-William Dean Howells portrays a man who stood at the center of American literature through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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After Napoleon's downfall in 1815, France embraced a mostly informal style of empire, one that emphasized economic and cultural influence rather than military conquest. 'A Velvet Empire' is a global history of French imperialism in the nineteenth century, providing new insights into the mechanisms of imperial collaboration that extended France's power from the Middle East to Latin America and ushered in the modern age of globalization.

France --- France --- France --- France --- France --- Foreign relations --- Politics and government --- Colonies --- History --- Foreign economic relations --- History --- Commerce --- History --- A Mission to Civilize. --- Algeria. --- Alice Conklin. --- American empire. --- American imperialism. --- Anglo-French relations. --- Avengers of the New World. --- British Empire. --- British imperialism. --- By Sword and Plow. --- Daniel Immerwahr. --- Egypt. --- Haiti. --- Haitian Revolution. --- How to Hide an Empire. --- Jennifer Sessions. --- John Darwin. --- Laurent Dubois. --- Mexico. --- Niall Ferguson. --- Ottoman Empire. --- Prince de Talleyrand. --- The Empire Project. --- Victoria de Grazia, Irresistible Empire. --- finance. --- history of empire. --- history of globalization. --- imperial liberalism. --- informal empire. --- migrations. --- world empires.

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This history of US-led international drug control provides new perspectives on the economic, ideological, and political foundations of a Cold War American empire. US officials assumed the helm of international drug control after World War II at a moment of unprecedented geopolitical influence embodied in the growing economic clout of its pharmaceutical industry.We Sell Drugs is a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. More than a narrow biography of one famous plant and its equally famous derivative products-Coca-Cola and cocaine-this book situates these commodities within the larger landscape of drug production and consumption. Examining efforts to control the circuits through which coca traveled, Suzanna Reiss provides a geographic and legal basis for considering the historical construction of designations of legality and illegality. The book also argues that the legal status of any given drug is largely premised on who grew, manufactured, distributed, and consumed it and not on the qualities of the drug itself. Drug control is a powerful tool for ordering international trade, national economies, and society's habits and daily lives. In a historical landscape animated by struggles over political economy, national autonomy, hegemony, and racial equality, We Sell Drugs insists on the socio-historical underpinnings of designations of legality to explore how drug control became a major weapon in asserting control of domestic and international affairs.

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"A major new history of how, between 1965 and 1985, African nations sought the restitution of works of art stolen during the colonial period, written by the most important and influential figure in the field"--

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America's Mission argues that the global strength and prestige of democracy today are due in large part to America's impact on international affairs. Tony Smith documents the extraordinary history of how American foreign policy has been used to try to promote democracy worldwide, an effort that enjoyed its greatest triumphs in the occupations of Japan and Germany but suffered huge setbacks in Latin America, Vietnam, and elsewhere. With new chapters and a new introduction and epilogue, this expanded edition also traces U.S. attempts to spread democracy more recently, under presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama, and assesses America's role in the Arab Spring.

World politics --- World politics --- Democracy --- Democracy --- History --- History --- United States --- United States --- Foreign relations --- Foreign relations --- Alliance for Progress. --- American foreign policy. --- American imperialism. --- American liberal democracy. --- American national security. --- American security. --- Arab Spring. --- Barack Obama. --- Bill Clinton. --- Chile. --- Civil War. --- Cold War. --- Dominican Republic. --- Douglas MacArthur. --- Dwight D. Eisenhower. --- Europe. --- Franklin D. Roosevelt. --- George H. W. Bush. --- George W. Bush. --- Germany. --- Guatemala. --- Iran. --- Japan. --- Jimmy Carter. --- John F. Kennedy. --- Latin America. --- Mexico. --- Middle East. --- Monroe Doctrine. --- Nicaragua. --- Philippines. --- Reagan Doctrine. --- Reconstruction. --- Ronald Reagan. --- Soviet Union. --- Soviet imperialism. --- Spain. --- United States. --- Wilsonianism. --- Woodrow Wilson. --- World War II. --- anti-imperialism. --- communism. --- constitutional democracy. --- constitutionalism. --- constructive engagement. --- decartelization. --- demilitarization. --- democracy. --- democratic globalism. --- democratic peace theory. --- democratic revolution. --- democratic transition theory. --- democratization. --- denazification. --- dictatorship. --- economic globalization. --- export commodities. --- fascism. --- free markets. --- hard liberal internationalist ideology. --- human rights. --- international affairs. --- international peace. --- land reform. --- liberal democratic governments. --- liberal democratic internationalism. --- liberal world order. --- liberalism. --- mass politics. --- multilateral organizations. --- multilateralism. --- nation-building. --- national security. --- nationalism. --- neo-Wilsonian ideology. --- neoconservatism. --- neoliberalism. --- new world order. --- oligarchy. --- political stability. --- progressive imperialism. --- realism. --- social justice. --- war on terrorism. --- war. --- world politics.