A People’s History of American Empire
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A People’s History of American Empire is a graphic history book that adapts Howard Zinn’s radical, bottom-up account of U.S. imperialism and foreign policy for a broad, visually driven audience.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A People’s History of American Empire canonical | 2 |
| A People’s History of the United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A People’s History of American Empire Context triple: [The American Empire Project, notableWorkInSeries, A People’s History of American Empire]
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A.
The American Empire Project
The American Empire Project is a book series that critically examines U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and global dominance from a left-leaning, often anti-imperialist perspective.
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B.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
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C.
The Age of Revolution
The Age of Revolution is a historical volume by Winston Churchill that chronicles the political and social upheavals from the late 17th to early 19th centuries in the English-speaking world.
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D.
The Great Democracies
The Great Democracies is the fourth volume of Winston Churchill’s historical series A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, covering the rise of modern democratic institutions in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Hegemony or Survival
Hegemony or Survival is a political analysis book by Noam Chomsky that critiques U.S. foreign policy and argues that American pursuit of global dominance threatens both democracy and human survival.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A People’s History of American Empire Target entity description: A People’s History of American Empire is a graphic history book that adapts Howard Zinn’s radical, bottom-up account of U.S. imperialism and foreign policy for a broad, visually driven audience.
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A.
The American Empire Project
The American Empire Project is a book series that critically examines U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and global dominance from a left-leaning, often anti-imperialist perspective.
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B.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
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C.
The Age of Revolution
The Age of Revolution is a historical volume by Winston Churchill that chronicles the political and social upheavals from the late 17th to early 19th centuries in the English-speaking world.
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D.
The Great Democracies
The Great Democracies is the fourth volume of Winston Churchill’s historical series A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, covering the rise of modern democratic institutions in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Hegemony or Survival
Hegemony or Survival is a political analysis book by Noam Chomsky that critiques U.S. foreign policy and argues that American pursuit of global dominance threatens both democracy and human survival.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
graphic history book
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
A People’s History of the United States
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linked to:
A People’s History of American Empire
|
| author | Howard Zinn ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Howard Zinn ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Mike Konopacki
ⓘ
Paul Buhle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn |
U.S. expansionism
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social movements in the United States ⓘ wars involving the United States ⓘ |
| format | graphic narrative ⓘ |
| genre |
graphic novel
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history ⓘ political non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ |
| illustrator | Mike Konopacki ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | bottom-up history ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation |
left-wing
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radical history ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisher | Metropolitan Books ⓘ |
| subject |
U.S. foreign policy
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U.S. imperialism ⓘ United States history ⓘ anti-imperialism ⓘ |
| toldFromViewpointOf |
ordinary people
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victims of U.S. policies ⓘ |
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Subject: A People’s History of American Empire Description of subject: A People’s History of American Empire is a graphic history book that adapts Howard Zinn’s radical, bottom-up account of U.S. imperialism and foreign policy for a broad, visually driven audience.
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linked to: A People’s History of American Empire