Noel Maurer: 3 books
The Empire Trap
The Rise and Fall of U.S. Intervention to Protect American Property Overseas, 1893-2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2013
Throughout the twentieth century, the U.S. government willingly deployed power, hard and soft, to protect American investments all around the globe. Why did the United States get into the business of defending its citizens' property rights abroad? The Empire Trap looks at how modern U.S. involvement...
The Big Ditch
How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2010
On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The Canal's creation is often seen as an example of U.S. triumphalism, but Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu reveal...
Avenues of Translation
The City in Iberian and Latin American Writing
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Cities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed,...