Corruptions of Empire“The implied narrative of this collection is the journalist’s background, the imperial myths that helped to shape him, the impulse to exile and his encounter with the Reagan era. The background, the myths and the impulse to exile form the first three sections of this book, whose overall architecture will, I hope, give some sense of the terms in which I have viewed my trade.”—Alexander Cockburn, from the introduction |
Contents
Imperial Emblems | 41 |
1 | 47 |
The Underclass | 62 |
Countries Lost and Found | 73 |
At Home in Xilitla | 84 |
Lost in a World of Words | 90 |
Driving into the Sunset | 101 |
The History of Mr | 107 |
Culinary Conquests | 128 |
Assault on Miamis Virtues | 136 |
The Circulation of Commodities | 142 |
War Fevers | 151 |
Terms of the Trade | 179 |
PART TWO An Archive of the Reagan Era 19761988 | 227 |
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GastroPorn | 119 |
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