LEADER 05340oam 2200673 a 450 001 9910974340003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798400610820 010 $a9780313002960 010 $a0313002967 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400610820 035 $a(CKB)111056485430190 035 $a(OCoLC)55002866 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10018051 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102128 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11128369 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102128 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10049725 035 $a(PQKB)10211844 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000679 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10018051 035 $a(OCoLC)55149765 035 $a(OCoLC)42753085 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400610820BC 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000679 035 $a(Perlego)4202290 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485430190 100 $a19991018e20002024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican history from a global perspective $ean interpretation /$fDavid J. Russo ; Jon L. Wakelyn, advisory editor 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger,$d2000. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (453 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780275968960 311 08$a0275968960 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- American History from a Global Perspective -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PROLOGUE: THE AMERICANS -- 1 The Native Tribes -- 2 The English Colonists -- 3 The Black African Slaves -- 4 The Other Americans -- 5 Multiethnic, Multiracial Americans -- 6 Conclusion -- PART I THE AMERICAN POLITY -- 7 Colonial Politics -- 8 The Revolution -- 9 The Constitution -- 10 Republicanism -- 11 Federalism -- 12 Constitutional Interpretation -- 13 Philosophical Positions -- 14 Governmental Structures -- 15 The Party System -- 16 Governmental Functions -- 17 Domestic Policy -- 18 Foreign Policy -- PART II AN AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMY -- 19 The Environment -- 20 Territory -- 21 Occupation -- 22 Settlement -- 23 Transportation/Communication -- 24 General Economic Developments -- 25 Agricultural and Extractive Activity -- 26 Commercial and Industrial Activity -- 27 Public and Private Sectors -- PART III AMERICAN SOCIETY -- 28 Social Structure -- 29 The Family -- 30 Population Growth -- 31 Social Behavior -- 32 Social Reform -- PART IV AMERICAN CULTURE -- 33 Religion -- 34 Education -- 35 Thought/Science/Medicine -- 36 Art/Entertainment -- 37 Leisure/Recreation -- PART V AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND IDENTITIES -- 38 The Changing Nature of Community -- 39 Rural Areas and Small Local Communities -- 40 Cities -- 41 Colonies and States -- 42 Regions -- 43 Subnational Forms of Identity -- 44 Nationalism -- Conclusion -- Bibliographical Essay -- THE NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES -- The World -- Europe -- Asia -- Africa -- Middle and South America -- White Settler Societies -- The Anglo-American Connection -- Particular Subjects in a Transnational Perspective -- Revolution -- Nationalism -- Government Policy -- Family Life -- Slavery and Race -- Reform -- The Woman's Movement -- Cities. 327 $aIndex -- About the Author. 330 8 $aThis study is the first interpretive text for the study of American exceptionalism and the first overall assessment of geographic, political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the American past written from a global perspective. Russo argues that life in the United States can be better understood if it is examined from either a wider perspective-the English speaking world, the Western Hemisphere, Western Civilization-or a narrower perspective-regional and local variations. Even when the Americans were innovative-in their multi-ethnic and multi-racial society, in their egalitarian social beliefs, in their political democracy-their innovations were soon copied by others. Therefore, Russo argues, they are no longer distinctly American. Using nations as the basis for fields of study can both reveal and distort the historical record. When one considers different perspectives, America's uniqueness recedes in importance. American culture was a variant of a wider Western culture. The American economy was an extension of Western capitalism, whether agrarian, commercial, or industrial. American society was a Western society with racial castes and multi-ethnic additions to the population. American government functioned like other Western governments, even with innovative forms: Republican, then democratic. The American past is thus seen to be far less distinctive than previous syntheses have assumed. 606 $aNational characteristics, American 607 $aUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xHistoriography 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$vCross-cultural studies 615 0$aNational characteristics, American. 676 $a973/.07/2 700 $aRusso$b David J$01808738 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974340003321 996 $aAmerican history from a global perspective$94359160 997 $aUNINA