Global Dawn : : The Cultural Foundation of American Internationalism, 1865-1890 /

Global Dawn : : The Cultural Foundation of American Internationalism, 1865-1890 / / Frank A Ninkovich.

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Why did the United States become a global power? Frank Ninkovich shows that a cultural predisposition for thinking in global terms blossomed in the late nineteenth century, making possible the rise to world power as American liberals of the time took a wide-ranging interest in the world. Of little p...

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Ninkovich, Frank A,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2010]
©2009
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Culture and Causality
  • 1. A Global Civilization
  • 2. Creating an International Identity: Culture, Commerce, and Diplomacy
  • 3. Europe I: The Mirage of Republicanism
  • 4. Europe II: Premodern Survivals
  • 5. The One and the Many: Race, Culture, and Civilization
  • 6. The Promise of Local Equality
  • 7. Beyond Orientalism: Explaining Other Worlds
  • 8. Empire and Civilization
  • 9. International Politics
  • 10. The Future of International Relations
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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