Empire and Dissent

“Empire and Dissent is a collection of essays that grew out of a pair of workshops on hegemony and empire in the Americas. The nine essays that make up the volume are expanded and revised versions of presentations originally given in Paris in 2004 and Cuernavaca, Mexico, in 2004. The first four examine broad historical themes in British and U.S. imperialism, while the final five discuss twentieth- and twenty-first-century resistance in Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela, respectively.... [A] fine example of how conversations among different scholars can lead us down different, yet highly productive paths.” - Mark Jaede, Journal of World History

“[A]n interesting book on the US influence in Latin America and the current situation of five countries in the region.” - Gaston Fornes, Bulletin of Latin American Research

“In his introduction, Rosen does an excellent job in providing the reader not only with a summary, but also a practical conceptual framework as well. . . . [A]n important contribution that speaks to our global times. Though published before the current international financial meltdown, one cannot but notice the predictive relevance in many of the articles.” - Robert H. Duncan, The Americas

“The essays in this book do an excellent job of discussing how imperial expansion and control have, across the centuries, spurred opposition to such power. As such, it behooves students of empire today, and the multi-faceted social movements which oppose it, to carefully study the historical context skillfully and compelling presented in this fine edited collection.” - James Siekmeier, A Contracorriente

“Empire and Dissent is uniformly informative, insightful, and often provocative in the best of senses. This outstanding collection pairs a conceptually innovative and historiographically superior set of essays on empire in the Americas (Spanish, British, and United States) with country-specific chapters on resistance, dissent, and negotiation in contemporary Latin America. These insightful chapters reach beyond traditional course material on Latin American history and politics to address questions of globalization, social movements, and the conceptualization of resistance in an era of U.S. hegemonic power.” - Steven Volk, Oberlin College

“You can’t have one without the other: empire and dissent have defined American politics for nearly two centuries, producing, in Latin America, an enduring social democracy and, in the United States, an equally persistent evangelical liberalism. Fred Rosen’s knowledge of Latin American politics is formidable, and in this edited collection of essays he has given us an indispensable guide to a critical topic.” - Greg Grandin, author of Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism