Megan Black
The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power
The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power
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The Department of the Interior has played a significant role in the history of American power, supporting imperial aspirations and pursuing minerals around the world. Megan Black's book reveals how the department touted its credentials as an environmental-management organization while quietly satisfying America's insatiable demand for raw materials. It offers unprecedented insights into the depth and staying power of American exceptionalism.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 360 pages
Publication date: 25 February 2022
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Winner of the George Perkins Marsh Prize, Winner of the Stuart L. Bernath Prize, Winner of the W. Turrentine Jackson Award, and Winner of the British Association of American Studies Prize, Black's book is a groundbreaking exploration of the Department of the Interior's role in shaping American power.
"Extraordinary...Deftly rearranges the last century and a half of American history in fresh and useful ways." - Los Angeles Review of Books
"A smart, original, and ambitious book. Black demonstrates that the Interior Department has had a far larger, more invasive, and more consequential role in the world than one would expect." - Brian DeLay, author of War of a Thousand Deserts
When considering the story of American power, the Department of the Interior rarely comes to mind. Yet, it turns out that a government agency best known for managing natural resources and operating national parks has constantly supported America's imperial aspirations.
Megan Black's pathbreaking book brings to light the surprising role Interior has played in pursuing minerals around the world—on Indigenous lands, in foreign nations, across the oceans, even in outer space. Black shows how the department touted its credentials as an innocuous environmental-management organization while quietly satisfying America's insatiable demand for raw materials. As presidents trumpeted the value of self-determination, this almost invisible outreach gave the country many of the benefits of empire without the burden of a heavy footprint.
Under the guise of sharing expertise with the underdeveloped world, Interior scouted tin sources in Bolivia and led lithium surveys in Afghanistan. Today, it promotes offshore drilling and even manages a satellite that prospects for Earth's resources from outer space.
"Offers unprecedented insights into the depth and staying power of American exceptionalism...as generations of policymakers sought to tame the wilderness and shape the nation's destiny." - New York Times
"Black's book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the complex and often overlooked role of the Department of the Interior in shaping American history and power." - Washington Post
"A brilliant and indispensable contribution to our understanding of American history and foreign policy." - Foreign Affairs
Dimension: 235 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780674271197
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