How to Hide an Empire: The Story of the Greater United States

Look at a map of the United States and you’ll see the familiar cluster of states in North America, plus Hawai’i and Alaska in boxes. But what about Puerto Rico? What about American Samoa? The country has held overseas territory–lands containing millions of U.S. nationals–for the bulk of its history. They don’t appear often in textbooks, but the outposts and colonies of the United States have been central to its history.

Boston Public Library President David Leonard and talks with Daniel Immerwahr to explore what U.S. history would look like if it weren’t just the history of the continental states but of all U.S. land: the Greater United States. They are joined by Garrett Dash Nelson, Curator Of Maps And Director Of Geographic Scholarship at the Leventhal Map Center.

This conversation at the Boston Public Library, with the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library, is part of the esteemed Lowell Lecture Series. The event is free to the public.

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