Mrs Shipley S Ghost

An engaging exploration of the legal and policy questions surrounding U.S. national security and international travel

"In the years immediately after World War II, the United States broadcast to the world not just its power but its values. Sam Lebovic here focuses on one of those professed ideals: the free flow of information. That trope became a proxy for America's special brand of imperial democracy, and it both abetted and constituted the spread of American culture and values worldwide. By studying visa and passport policy, funding for educational exchange and school construction, the purchase of land for embassies, the rights of international correspondents, and other mundane matters, Lebovic reveals globalization as a consequence of "quotidian world-ordering," not of high-minded abstractions like liberal internationalism"--

Journey through time once again starting in romantic Tuscany where Abby Stevens finds more than she was expecting in Bella Italia. Destiny Lends a Hand in medieval Austria where a nobleman must choose between status and love. Next, in Love and Murder, a governess must save her employer from himself when he searches out his wifes killer. Then in Lofty Expectations, Eric Murray must choose between the dream job and love. In Indian Summer, a daughter returns to British India where she meets the father she never knew. While in For All Time, warring clans are the order of the day in 1600s, Scotland. We end our journey in 1920s, New York, where an orphan girl must keep her past a secret during an era where social status is everything.

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Yields new insights by connecting Cold War counter-hegemonic writings in English and French by intellectuals of the African diaspora