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AMERICA: THE NEW IMPERIALISM.: From White Settlement to World Hegemony.
by KIERNAN, V. G. [Edward Victor Gordon]; [SHEPPERSON, George "Sam" Albert]:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
London: Zed Press., 1978.. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author. Two-sided typed letter from the author, signed in ink at the foot and dated 8/9/78, loosely laid in, along with a contemporary press-clipping reviewing the book. Octavo. Publisher's original laminated boards with titles to the upper board and spine. iv, 304pp. A very good copy, the binding square and tight with a little bumping to the bottom corners and to the foot of the spine. The contents remain clean and crisp throughout. The typed letter with three filing folds and a small hole to the head is otherwise in very good condition. Inscribed in pencil by V. G. Kiernan to the British historian and Africanist George "Sam" Albert Shepperson (1922-2020) to the front free endpaper: "G. A. Shepperson, / with the author's best wishes - / Edinburgh, / Sept. '78".
A comprehensive survey of American imperialism set within the context of world history and the age of modern imperialism by the influential Marxist historian Edward Victor Gordon Kiernan (1913-2009).
In the accompanying letter presenting this copy to fellow Edinburgh historian George "Sam" Shepperson, Kiernan also mentions his recent trip to Slovenia, an apparent visit from Eric Hobsbawm, the death of the Marxist economist and social scientist Ronald Meek (1917-1978), and a note on his support for the then new progressive publisher, Zed Press (founded in 1977).
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- Bookseller
- Sky Duthie Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1280
- Title
- AMERICA: THE NEW IMPERIALISM.
- Author
- KIERNAN, V. G. [Edward Victor Gordon]; [SHEPPERSON, George "Sam" Albert]:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Zed Press.
- Date Published
- 1978.
- Keywords
- History & Military|Politics, Philosophy, & Economics|Signed Books
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