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starts slow. Gets good good good. Spoiler: The history of Hitler's and Elvis' mothers square off in a lecture hall. Spoiler: I don't think the Heinrich character is going to end up being much more than a cheap trick.

I think any review of this book is going to have to admit that the "Imperialism" section is terribly organized. The "Pan-Movements" and the "Rights of Man" should have been basically cut- they're oppressively long, pessimistic, and, well, Eurocentric, since this section was supposed to be about European colonialism, and instead she explains how "Heart of Darkness", South Africa, and India pretty much explain it all.