In the latest issue of CHRISTIAN CENTURY, I have a more mainstream type review of Sue's excellent book. The religious scholars are very deeply immersed in issues of imperialism, Christendom, and colnial abuses these days; in fact I'd say one of the ost exciting developments among Christian intellectuals is this grwoing interest in what I'd call the American footprint, and global justice, etc. I think Sue'sbook is very good, andsets the standard now for MT scholars dealnig with these issues. And I believe this is a real growth area, with good potential for further investigation for MT folks, but more broadly in American studies and in trade publications -- there have been some very good trade histories out in the past few years on TR, the emergence of American empire, etc. It's a wonder how little Americans typically know about such things prior to WWI (not that the average knows much about WWI). I'd suggest some MT scholars take him even more seriously as a proto-post colonial theorist, for example: some o MT's essays certainly lead directly to the insights of later thinkers -- I'm thinking here of someone like Frantz Fanon or Edward Said, but I assume others on here can make connections on their own. Just a thought .... -hb -- Harold K. Bush, Ph.D Professor of English Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>