AMS 310: Ghosts of American Imperialism

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Keywords for American Cultural Studies, Third Edition is a hybrid print-digital publication that includes 150 essays, each focused on a single term.  Find links to the essays on the following keywords her:

• Colonial
• Empire
• Neoliberalism
• Orientalism
• Terror
• War

Call numbers:
E660-889
(These will all be on the 7th floor of Richter Library!)

Subject terms:
American imperialism
Imperialism
United States -- Foreign relations
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1897-1901
United States -- Territorial expansion

Art and war
Memory -- Sociological aspects
War and society

(You can add a date to the end of your subject terms.  You can also use the filters in the catalog to limit to a date range.)

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