Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henr...
Greg GrandinThe stunning, never before told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the AmazonIn 1927, Henry Ford, the richest man in the world, bought a tract of land twice the size of Delaware in the Brazili...
Empire's Workshop (Updated and Expand...
Greg Grandin“A pathbreaking work about how policies forged in blood and fire in Latin America were then exported to every corner of the globe. This brilliant and up-to-the-minute new edition is absolutely crucial to understanding our perilo...
The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Fre...
Greg GrandinNEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICESAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE RECOMMENDED BOOKOne morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, Captain Amasa Delano, a New England seal hunter, climbed aboard a distressed Spanish ship carrying sc...
The End of the Myth: From the Frontie...
Greg GrandinLONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTIONFrom a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump's border wall.Ever since this nation...