02978nam 2200649Ia 450 991082284270332120210706203435.00-674-06474-70-674-06864-5(CKB)2560000000082523(EBL)3301099(OCoLC)794003982(SSID)ssj0000658653(PQKBManifestationID)11378291(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000658653(PQKBWorkID)10691839(PQKB)11575249(Au-PeEL)EBL3301099(CaPaEBR)ebr10568043(MiAaPQ)EBC3301099(EXLCZ)99256000000008252320110817d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe short American century[electronic resource] a postmortem /edited by Andrew J. BacevichCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20121 online resource (296 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-674-06445-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; 1. Life at the Dawn of the American Century - Andrew J. Bacevich; 2. The Origins and Uses of American Hyperpower - David M. Kennedy; 3. Consuming the American Century - Emily S. Rosenberg; 4. The Problem of Color and Democracy - Nikhil Pal Singh; 5. Pragmatic Realism versus the American Century - J. Jackson Lears; 6. Toward Transnationalism - Akira Iriye; 7. From the American Century to Globalization - Jeffry A. Frieden; 8. Illusions of an American Century - Walter LaFeber; 9. The Heavenly City of Business - Eugene McCarraher; 10. Not So Different After All - Andrew J. BacevichNotesAcknowledgments; Contributors; IndexDeclares "the American century", the name Henry Luce gave to an era of American prosperity beginning in 1941, dead, and collects essays explaining what the American century was and meant, and why many believe it has met a premature demise.Civilization, ModernAmerican influencesNational characteristics, AmericanPolitics and cultureUnited StatesSocial valuesUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesCivilization20th centuryUnited StatesEconomic conditions20th centuryUnited StatesForeign relations20th centuryUnited StatesSocial conditions20th centuryCivilization, ModernAmerican influences.National characteristics, American.Politics and cultureSocial valuesHistory973.91Bacevich Andrew J472053MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822842703321The short American century3913563UNINA