Among Empires : : American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors / / 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. Wit...
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Maier, Charles S., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Among Empires : American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors / Charles S. Maier. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009] ©2007 1 online resource (384 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Sep 2021) Imperialism Case studies. Imperialism History. National characteristics, American. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) 9783110756067 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 print 9780674021891 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674040458 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674040458 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674040458/original |
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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 |
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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 |
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