Among Empires : : American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors / / Charles S. Maier.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Maier, Charles S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Prologue: Questions at the Outset --; PART ONE: Recurring Structures --; Introduction: The Imperial Arena --; 1. What Is an Empire? --; 2. Frontiers 78 --; 3. "Call It Peace" --; PART TWO: America's Turn --; Introduction: Highland Park and Hiroshima --; 4. Frontiers and Forces in the Cold War --; 5. An Empire of Production --; 6. An Empire of Consumption --; Afterword: The Vase of Uruk --; Tables --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674040458; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674040458
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Charles S. Maier.

This elegantly written book examines the structure and impact of empires and asks whether the United States shares their traits and behavior. Charles S. Maier outlines the essentials of empire throughout history, then explores the exercise of U.S. power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. With learning, dispassion, and clarity, Among Empires offers bold comparisons and an original account of American power.