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This is a weekly thread in which we read through books on and related to imperialism and geopolitics. Last week's thread is here.

The book we are currently reading through is Empire's Workshop by Greg Grandin. There are two main editions, to my knowledge: the original one with a yellow cover from 2006, and an updated version from 2021 with an orange cover. I am reading the latter version.

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This week, we will be reading the Introduction.

Next week, we will be reading Chapter 1.

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[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

an updated version from 2021 with an orange cover. I am reading the latter version.

Does it change much? Cuz, uh, I've taken a pdf from the 2007 version and I don't see > Chapter 1: New Jerusalem

Although it does mention the term but it's not the name of the chapter - I have > CHAPTER ONE How Latin America Saved the United States from Itself

[–] Moidialectica@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Oh. Yeah. My chapter 1 is also how Latam saved the us from itself.

[–] SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

I'm sure it's fairly similar. Perhaps I just won't include the chapter titles to avoid confusion.