1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797796003321

Autore

Kiernan V. G (Victor Gordon), <1913-2009, >

Titolo

America : from white settlement to world hegemony / / Victor Kiernan ; preface by Eric Hobsbawm ; introduction and epilogue by John Trumpbour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21841-3

1-78360-600-2

1-78360-599-5

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (473 p.)

Disciplina

325/.373

Soggetti

History of the Americas

United States Foreign relations

United States Territorial expansion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; About the Author ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Preface ; Foreword ; Introduction ; Part One: The Winning of the National Territory ;1. The Birth of a Nation ;2. The Pursuit of Happiness ;3. White Man and Red Man ; Part Two: Middle Decades ;1. The Literary Mirror.

2. From West Indies to Far East3. Civil War and After ;4. The Last Indian Wars ; Part Three: Overseas Expansion and the War with Spain ;1. The Red Man in Custody ;2. New Visions of Empire ;3. Latin America and Further Asia ;4. Anglo-Saxons and Their Wars.

Part Four: Imperial Choices for a New Century1. The Progressivist Era ;2. The Philippines Experiment, and Direct or Indirect Rule ;3. Dollar Diplomacy in Central America ;4. Old World Frustrations, and Ideas of a New World Order ; Part Five: Two Strides to World Power.

1. Great War and Not So Great Peace2. Victory and After: The Mirror of Science Fiction ;3. America, the World's Banker ;4. Slump Years, and a New Look at the Red Indian ;5. From Isolationism to Conquest ; Part Six: The American Hegemony ;1. Capitalism, Militarism and the Cold War.



2. The Old Empires and Neo-Colonialism3. War in Vietnam and Its Repercussions ;4. The Middle East and Africa ;5. Latin America ;6. Retrospect and Prospect ; Epilogue by John Trumpbour ; Bibliography ; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This pioneering study provides unparalleled insight into the history, culture, and politics of American imperialism.

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Record Nr.

UNIORUON00183325

Autore

KAYE, Peter

Titolo

Civil jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign judgments : the application in En gland and Wales of the Brussels convention of 1968 on jurisdiction and the enfor cement of judgments in civil jurisdiction and commercial matters under the Civil  Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 / by Peter Kaye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, : Professional  Books Limited, 1987 - CXVI, 1949 p. ; 27 cm

ISBN

08-620-5081-2

Soggetti

Diritto internazionale - Relazioni con la giurisdizione interna

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia