Among empires : American ascendancy and its predecessors /

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Contemporary America, with its unparalleled armaments and ambition, seems to many commentators a new empire. Others angrily reject the designation. What stakes would being an empire have for our identity at home and our role abroad? A preeminent American historian addresses these issues in light of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maier, Charles S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Edición:First Harvard University Press paperback edition.
Temas:
1800-1999
National characteristics, American.
Imperialism > History.
Imperialism > Case studies.
Américains.
Impérialisme > Histoire.
Impérialisme > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Imperialism.
Diplomatic relations.
Auslandsbeziehungen
Imperialismus
Grote mogendheden.
Internationale betrekkingen.
Imperialism > historia.
Nationalkaraktär > Förenta staterna.
United States > Foreign relations > 19th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 20e siècle.
United States.
USA
Förenta staterna > internationella relationer > 1800-talet.
Förenta staterna > internationella relationer > 1900-talet.
Case studies.
History.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : questions at the outset
  • Part One. Recurring structures. Introduction : the imperial arena
  • What is an empire?
  • Frontiers
  • "Call it peace"
  • Part Two. America's turn. Introduction : Highland Park and Hiroshima
  • Frontiers and forces in the Cold War
  • An empire of production
  • An empire of consumption
  • Afterword : the vase of Uruk.

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