19 May 2009
Playing Out the Empire: Ben-Hur and Other Toga Plays and Films, 1883-1908. A Critical Anthology (Hardcover)
Review “A fascinating volume.”–Nineteenth-Century Literature
The “toga play” is a genre of theatrical melodrama which flourished in the late nineteenth century and which re-emerged in silent cinema and later Holly...
10 May 2009
Colossus: The Price of America's Empire (Hardcover)
Amazon.com Review
“The United States today is an empirebut a peculiar kind of empire,” writes Niall Ferguson. Despite overwhelming military, economic, and cultural dominance, America has had a difficult time imposing its will on ...
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