“[P]art of the pleasure of engaging with a writer is unraveling some allusions and admitting defeat by others.” ReadingBooks Book:Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature Source: Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature
“Unless US citizens acknowledge and understand their country's imperial past, they will not be able to understand its present or future. Much of the recent and current Hispanic resettlement of parts of the United States is a consequence of empire.... Countercolonization follows colonization, and the waves of migrants always flow back like returning tides.” ImmigrationUs HistoryHispanic Book:Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States Source: Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States