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SUMMARY:How to Buy Your Own Country
DESCRIPTION:Feinberg Series Lecture with Steven Press As President Trump 
 continues to push for a “purchase” of Greenland and tech titans discuss 
 setting up “model cities” from Argentina to California\, the world map s
 eems positioned for change—and the world order seems on the brink of col
 lapse. People may well wonder\, “Is this legal? Is there any precedent?”
  A glimpse at modern history can offer some instructive notes of perspec
 tive\, analogy\, and caution. In particular\, the cases of the East Indi
 a Company and Leopold II’s Congo Free State can shed much-needed light o
 n current events. Bio Steven Press is an associate professor of history 
 and an affiliated member of the Freeman Spogli Institute for Internation
 al Studies\, the Center for African Studies\, and the Stanford Center fo
 r Law and History. Press's first book\, Rogue Empires: Contracts and Con
 men in Europe's Scramble for Africa (Harvard University Press\, 2017)\, 
 received the American Historical Association's Pacific Coast Branch Book
  Award. His second book\, Blood and Diamonds: Germany's Imperial Ambitio
 ns in Africa (Harvard University Press\, 2021)\, received the German Stu
 dies Association's Barclay Book Prize and was named a CHOICE Outstanding
  Academic Title. Cornell University Press published his third book\, Eur
 ope's Little Anarchy: The Rise and Fall of Neutral Moresnet\, in 2026. T
 he 2026-27 Feinberg Series: Escape from Oligarchy The 2026–27 Feinberg S
 eries explores the global history of oligarchy\, or rule by the rich\, a
 nd the popular movements that have resisted it. It is presented by the U
 Mass Amherst Department of History in partnership with numerous co-spons
 ors. The Feinberg Family Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible t
 hanks to the generosity of UMass Amherst history department alumnus Kenn
 eth R. Feinberg ’67 and associates. Visit the Feinberg Series website fo
 r details.\n\nMore info: https://events.umass.edu/event/how-to-buy-your-
 own-country\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/43fbde2a-0796-4b5f-abba
 -5721aeff6a62
LOCATION:UMass Amherst\, Amherst\, MA
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/43fbde2a-0796-4b5f-abba-5721aeff6a6
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