Confronting Imperialism: Essays on Mark Twain and the Anti-Imperialist League [Paperback]

Jim Zwick (Author)

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Publication Date: November 13, 2007

Confronting Imperialism is history for our times. Founded in 1898, the Anti-Imperialist League mobilized opposition to the Philippine-American War, still one of the most controversial wars in U.S. history. Until his death in 1910, Mark Twain was a vice president of the League and the most prominent literary opponent of the war. We have got into a mess, a quagmire, he said in 1900. In this collection of essays, Jim Zwick, editor of the first collection of Mark Twain's writings on the war, explores the history of the Anti-Imperialist League, Twain's anti-imperialist writings, and their continuing influence and relevance today.

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About the Author

Jim Zwick is the editor of Mark Twain's Weapons of Satire: Anti-Imperialist Writings on the Philippine-American War and creator of the BoondocksNet.com site on U.S. political and cultural history. He has also worked as a consultant for documentary films and on educational uses of the Internet. He lives in Upstate New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 246 pages
• Publisher: Infinity Publishing (November 13, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0741444100
• ISBN-13: 978-0741444103
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great little book, January 7, 2009

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This review is from: Confronting Imperialism: Essays on Mark Twain and the Anti-Imperialist League (Paperback)

This little book is an excellent companion to Robert L. Beisner's book Twelve Against Empire. It is a collection of Jim Zwick's commentary on the Anti-Imperialist League. The book is an informative analysis of how imperialism came to America.