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Greg Grandin is author of Fordlandia, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A Professor of History at New York University, he has written for the New Statesman, New York Times, and others, and has been a Guggenheim Fellow. He lives in New York.
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Contents Introduction 1?? Part I: Fast Fish ? 1. Hawks Abroad 13 ? 2. More Liberty 22 ? 3. A Lion without a Crown 31 ? 4. Body and Soul 38 ? 5. A Conspiracy of Lifting and Throwing 49 Interlude: I Never Could Look at Death without a Shudder 54?? Part II: A Loose Fish ? 6. A Suitable Guide to Bliss 61 ? 7. The Levelling System 72 ? 8. South Sea Dreams 78?? Interlude: Black Will Always Have Something Melancholy in It 91?? Part III: The New Extreme ? 9. The Skin Trade 97 ? 10. Falling Man 106 ? 11. The Crossing 112 ? 12. Diamonds on the Soles of Their Feet 117? Interlude: Heaven's Sense 123?? Part IV: Further ? 13. Killing Seals 131 ? 14. Isolatos 142 ? 15. A Terrific Sovereignty 150 ? 16. Slavery Has Grades 160?? Interlude: A Merry Repast 166?? Part V: If God Wills ? 17. Night of Power 171 ? 18. The Story of the San Juan 182 ? 19. Mohammed's Cursed Sect 186?? Interlude: Abominable, Contemptible Hayti 197?? Part VI: Who Aint a Slave? ? 20. Desperation 203 ? 21. Deception 211 ? 22. Retribution 219 ? 23. Conviction 224?? Interlude: The Machinery of Civilization 234?? Part VII: General Average ? 24. Lima, or The Law of General Average 239 ? 25. The Lucky One 249 ? 26. Undistributed 254?? Epilogue: Herman Melville's America 265? A Note on Sources and Other Matters 275? Archives Consulted 293? Notes 297? Acknowledgments 343? Illustrations Credits 347? Index 349
Contents Introduction 1?? Part I: Fast Fish ? 1. Hawks Abroad 13 ? 2. More Liberty 22 ? 3. A Lion without a Crown 31 ? 4. Body and Soul 38 ? 5. A Conspiracy of Lifting and Throwing 49 Interlude: I Never Could Look at Death without a Shudder 54?? Part II: A Loose Fish ? 6. A Suitable Guide to Bliss 61 ? 7. The Levelling System 72 ? 8. South Sea Dreams 78?? Interlude: Black Will Always Have Something Melancholy in It 91?? Part III: The New Extreme ? 9. The Skin Trade 97 ? 10. Falling Man 106 ? 11. The Crossing 112 ? 12. Diamonds on the Soles of Their Feet 117? Interlude: Heaven's Sense 123?? Part IV: Further ? 13. Killing Seals 131 ? 14. Isolatos 142 ? 15. A Terrific Sovereignty 150 ? 16. Slavery Has Grades 160?? Interlude: A Merry Repast 166?? Part V: If God Wills ? 17. Night of Power 171 ? 18. The Story of the San Juan 182 ? 19. Mohammed's Cursed Sect 186?? Interlude: Abominable, Contemptible Hayti 197?? Part VI: Who Aint a Slave? ? 20. Desperation 203 ? 21. Deception 211 ? 22. Retribution 219 ? 23. Conviction 224?? Interlude: The Machinery of Civilization 234?? Part VII: General Average ? 24. Lima, or The Law of General Average 239 ? 25. The Lucky One 249 ? 26. Undistributed 254?? Epilogue: Herman Melville's America 265? A Note on Sources and Other Matters 275? Archives Consulted 293? Notes 297? Acknowledgments 343? Illustrations Credits 347? Index 349
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