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Samantha Iyer, "Agrarian Superpower: Food, Development, and the Global Ascendancy of the United States" (Columbia UP, 2026)

New Books in African Studies by New Books Network

Jul 25, 202645:42Society & Culture

The United States’ superpower status is often associated with its industrial, financial, and military might. Yet its global power after the Second World War hinged in part on something often seen as backward: agriculture...

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Samantha Iyer, "Agrarian Superpower: Food, Development, and the Global Ascendancy of the United States" (Columbia UP, 2026) is an episode from New Books in African Studies by New Books Network. The United States’ superpower status is often...

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Published Jul 25, 2026, 45:42 long, audio available.

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