03520nam 2200709 450 991046091800332120210311111955.01-78360-599-510.5040/9781350218413(CKB)3710000000491730(EBL)4397419(SSID)ssj0001701594(PQKBManifestationID)16565233(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001701594(PQKBWorkID)15083997(PQKB)25274088(MiAaPQ)EBC4397419(Au-PeEL)EBL4397419(CaPaEBR)ebr11160994(CaONFJC)MIL957979(OCoLC)941695298(OCoLC)924714317(CaBNVSL)9781350218413(EXLCZ)99371000000049173020210311h20212015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerica from white settlement to world hegemony /Victor Kiernan ; preface by Eric Hobsbawm ; introduction and epilogue by John Trumpbour3rd ed.London, England :Zed Books,2015.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,20211 online resource (473 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78360-432-8 1-78360-598-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.This pioneering study provides unparalleled insight into the history, culture, and politics of American imperialism.History of the AmericasbicsscUnited StatesForeign relationsUnited StatesTerritorial expansionElectronic books.Electronic books.History of the Americas325/.373Kiernan V. G(Victor Gordon),1913-2009,1054565Hobsbawm E. J(Eric J.),1917-2012,Trumpbour JohnNCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910460918003321America2487287UNINA