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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 11,917 ratings — published 1917
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 9,307 ratings — published 1971
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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.61 — 20,991 ratings — published 2020
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.43 — 576,299 ratings — published 1899
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Culture and Imperialism Culture and Imperialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 5,971 ratings — published 1993
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Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 2,206 ratings — published 1986
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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 35,048 ratings — published 1961
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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 29,869 ratings — published 1971
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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 26,790 ratings — published 2019
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Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation, and Capitalism's Final Crisis Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation, and Capitalism's Final Crisis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 242 ratings — published 2016
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 31,499 ratings — published 1978
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (ebook)
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avg rating 4.20 — 73,429 ratings — published 1998
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Washington Bullets Washington Bullets (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.33 — 2,615 ratings — published 2020
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Against Empire Against Empire (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 1,641 ratings — published 1995
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Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 712 ratings — published 1965
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Discourse on Colonialism Discourse on Colonialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 8,783 ratings — published
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Super Imperialism: The Origin and Fundamentals of U.S. World Dominance Super Imperialism: The Origin and Fundamentals of U.S. World Dominance (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.41 — 356 ratings — published 1972
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Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 2,244 ratings — published 2000
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The Face of Imperialism The Face of Imperialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.41 — 429 ratings — published 2011
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Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 14,196 ratings — published 2003
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Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 1,472 ratings — published 2006
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The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,572 ratings — published 2007
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Capital and Imperialism: Theory, History, and the Present Capital and Imperialism: Theory, History, and the Present (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 95 ratings — published
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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.49 — 39,647 ratings — published 2020
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The New Imperialism The New Imperialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 718 ratings — published 2003
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 40,437 ratings — published 2005
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All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 13,260 ratings — published 2003
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The Wealth of (Some) Nations: Imperialism and the Mechanics of Value Transfer The Wealth of (Some) Nations: Imperialism and the Mechanics of Value Transfer
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avg rating 4.06 — 106 ratings — published
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Black Skin, White Masks Black Skin, White Masks (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 20,668 ratings — published 1952
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The Age of Empire, 1875–1914 The Age of Empire, 1875–1914 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 4,665 ratings — published 1987
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 545,755 ratings — published 2022
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The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 20,122 ratings — published 2019
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An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 13,085 ratings — published 2016
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A Theory of Imperialism A Theory of Imperialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 57 ratings — published
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 56,454 ratings — published 2007
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White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 1,401 ratings — published 2021
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Value Chains: The New Economic Imperialism Value Chains: The New Economic Imperialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 131 ratings — published
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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 8,016 ratings — published 1938
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 274,391 ratings — published 1980
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Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 4,897 ratings — published 2006
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Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (American Empire Project) Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (American Empire Project)
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avg rating 4.24 — 6,405 ratings — published 2013
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Imperialism: A Study Imperialism: A Study (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 167 ratings — published 1901
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A Passage to India A Passage to India (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.68 — 87,839 ratings — published 1924
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Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 2,586 ratings — published 2000
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Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 2,293 ratings — published 1982
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as imperialism)
avg rating 3.75 — 426,867 ratings — published 1958
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
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avg rating 4.37 — 21,894 ratings — published 2014
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The Liberal Virus: Permanent War and the Americanization of the World The Liberal Virus: Permanent War and the Americanization of the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 344 ratings — published 2004
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America's Deadliest Export: Democracy – The Truth About US Foreign Policy and Everything Else America's Deadliest Export: Democracy – The Truth About US Foreign Policy and Everything Else (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 492 ratings — published 2014
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Eurocentrism Eurocentrism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 302 ratings — published
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Noam Chomsky
“My own concern is primarily the terror and violence carried out by my own state, for two reasons. For one thing, because it happens to be the larger component of international violence. But also for a much more important reason than that; namely, I can do something about it. So even if the U.S. was responsible for 2 percent of the violence in the world instead of the majority of it, it would be that 2 percent I would be primarily responsible for. And that is a simple ethical judgment. That is, the ethical value of one's actions depends on their anticipated and predictable consequences. It is very easy to denounce the atrocities of someone else. That has about as much ethical value as denouncing atrocities that took place in the 18th century.”
― Noam Chomsky

bell hooks
“Feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression. Therefore, it is necessarily a struggle to eradicate the ideology of domination that permeates Western culture on various levels, as well as a commitment to reorganizing society so that the self-development of people can take precedence over imperialism, economic expansion, and material desires.”
― Bell Hooks, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center

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