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The Global Interior

Mineral Frontiers and American Power

Megan Black

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$27.95 • £24.95 • €25.95

ISBN 9780674271197

Publication Date: 02/15/2022

360 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

25 photos, 4 maps

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Megan Black is Associate Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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On the podcast New Books in History, listen to Megan Black discuss the U.S. Department of the Interior’s promotion of American imperialism via its acquisition of mineral resources in overseas territories
Read an interview with Black at the website of the Toynbee Prize Foundation, which seeks to recognize social scientists for work that contributes significantly to the study of global history

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