About the Book
Empire’s Workshop
Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism
Thoroughly revised (read the burnt orange cover edition, not the yellow cover!)
What People are Saying
“Fifteen years since its original publication, historian Greg Grandin has revised and reissued his now classic 2006 book, Empire’s Workshop. Having dedicated the intervening years to studying US imperial power, Grandin’s razor-sharp insight into the structural contradictions of the US imperialist project make this work required reading.”
Jacobin
“Greg Grandin’s examination of America’s empire in Latin America provides a critical view―squarely opposing any notion that the United States has advanced toleration, the rule of law, or democracy in its imperial realm . . . He addresses empire in terms of its dominated periphery and makes important contributions by presenting imperial and domestic policies as inseparable realms.”
Emily S. Rosenberg
“Read Empire’s Workshop and the whole disastrous Bush adventure in Iraq suddenly appears as the logical continuation of a century of U.S. intervention in that sad laboratory called Latin America.”
Ariel Dorfman
“Grandin has always been a brilliant historian; now he uses his detective skills in a book that is absolutely crucial to understanding our present.”
Naomi Klein