What is America? : a short history of the new world order /

Following his international bestseller, A Short History of Progress, Ronald Wright provokes once again, as he explores the oldest American myth: the endless frontier.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wright, Ronald, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, PA : Da Capo Press, 2008.
Edición:1st Da Capo Press ed.
Temas:
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Social conditions
United States > History.
United States > Social conditions.
États-Unis > Histoire.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Author's foreword
  • 1. The new world order
  • 2. Loot, labour and land
  • 3. Very well peopled and towned
  • 4. Religion and profit jump together
  • 5. White savages
  • 6. Manifest destiny
  • 7. A sort of empire
  • 8. The winds of fear
  • 9. The world's best hope
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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