{"product_id":"9781554980154","title":"Empire (Groundwork Guides Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them.\" -- \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe United States presides over the most far-flung imperial system ever established. \u003cem\u003eEmpire\u003c\/em\u003e compares the American Empire to those of the past, finding that much can be learned from the fates of the British, Roman, Chinese, Incan, and Aztec empires.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Laxer draws ominous parallels with the British who discovered too late that empire building ultimately threatens the health of democracy at home. Documenting how the American Empire works and what it means to the rest of the world, \u003cem\u003eEmpire\u003c\/em\u003e asks: Does the American Empire bring stability to a troubled world? Or, like its imperial predecessors, does it impose inequality and oppression on humanity? And what happens when an empire stumbles?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Groundwood Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169804796144,"sku":"9781554980154","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781554980154_p0.jpg?v=1763752991","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781554980154","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}