Michel Gobat, Empire by Invitation: William Walker and Manifest Destiny in Central America (Cambridge, MA, and London: Harvard University Press, 2018), pp. 367, £28.95, hb.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022216x20000814
Abstract: cinema’, which identifies a multi-layered consciousness in the works of exiled or displaced filmmakers, in order to argue that Vázquez’s films are both part of the politically engaged New Latin American Cinema, and personal reflections… read more here.
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Without Empire: The Invitation of Pacifism and the ‘End’ of History
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DOI: 10.1177/0953946817748565
Abstract: This article argues that theological pacifism is best evaluated when situated in a network of practices, beliefs and biblical reading strategies that support a critique of Empire, and when mapped onto this world open up… read more here.
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Empire by Invitation: William Walker and Manifest Destiny in Central America by Michel Gobat (review)
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DOI: 10.1353/soh.2019.0110
Abstract: this work does serve an informative purpose for a reading public as popular history, but it will not often appear shelved in academic offices. Instead, many will rely on T. R. Fehrenbach’s Lone Star: A… read more here.
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