Menace to Empire
Anticolonial Solidarities and the Transpacific Origins of the US Security State
$45.60
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
26 February 2024
Summary
One of Smithsonian Magazine’s Favorite Books of 2022
This history reveals how radical threats to the United States empire became seditious threats to national security and exposes the antiradical and colonial origins of anti-Asian racism.
Menace to Empire transforms familiar themes in American history. This profoundly ambitious history of race and empire traces both the colonial violence and the anticolonial rage that the United States spread…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520397873 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0520397878 |
| Author: | Moon-Ho Jung |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 26 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 499g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | American Crossroads |
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Critics Review
“Jung understands that learning about empire involves more than reading about oppressive actions and policies. He invites readers to find examples where people from different backgrounds, interests and worldviews came together to actively oppose empire.” * Smithsonian Magazine *
“Menace to Empire is a comprehensive study of violence against Asians, the struggle to find their place in the United States and undergoing the adverse effects of the tight security US officials implemented as they grew increasingly suspicious of the influence and intentions of Asians in America.” * European Journal of American Culture *
“This book deserves to be widely taught, carefully read, and deeply engaged.” * Southern California Quarterly *
“This sprawling narrative tracks a massive cast of Asian revolutionaries, unionists, anti-imperialists, and leftists as their campaigns drove them to seek inspiration and allies in the United States, London, Japan, Brussels, Hong Kong, and Moscow, with hosts of military and intelligence agents working to suppress them following in hot pursuit… . In capturing Asian activists’ extensive travels, complex networks, and shifting coalitions, Menace to Empire recovers the significance of their pursuit of alternative futures.” * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *
“Jung has written a well-researched and very readable book that will benefit students and would appeal to a wider readership.” * International Affairs *
“Menace to Empire is a valuable, carefully theorized, and deeply thought provoking work, challenging established historical narratives and demanding that its readers recognize that imperial structures and white supremacy are deeply ingrained in US liberal democracy.”
* American Historical Review *
“This history of Asian working-class, anti-colonial activism is a powerful rebuttal to prevailing narratives of Asian Americans striving for acceptance as model minorities… . Crucial reading that reinforces the centrality of Asian American history to modern US history. Essential.” * CHOICE *
Moon-Ho Jung
Moon-Ho Jung is Professor of History at the University of Washington and the author of Coolies and Cane: Race, Labor, and Sugar in the Age of Emancipation.
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