America : from white settlement to world hegemony / / Victor Kiernan ; preface by Eric Hobsbawm ; introduction and epilogue by John Trumpbour |
Autore | Kiernan V. G (Victor Gordon), <1913-2009, > |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (473 p.) |
Disciplina | 325/.373 |
Soggetto topico | History of the Americas |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-78360-599-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460918003321 |
Kiernan V. G (Victor Gordon), <1913-2009, > | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America : from white settlement to world hegemony / / Victor Kiernan ; preface by Eric Hobsbawm ; introduction and epilogue by John Trumpbour |
Autore | Kiernan V. G (Victor Gordon), <1913-2009, > |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (473 p.) |
Disciplina | 325/.373 |
Soggetto topico | History of the Americas |
ISBN |
1-350-21841-3
1-78360-600-2 1-78360-599-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797796003321 |
Kiernan V. G (Victor Gordon), <1913-2009, > | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America : from white settlement to world hegemony / / Victor Kiernan ; preface by Eric Hobsbawm ; introduction and epilogue by John Trumpbour |
Autore | Kiernan V. G (Victor Gordon), <1913-2009, > |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (473 p.) |
Disciplina | 325/.373 |
Soggetto topico | History of the Americas |
ISBN |
1-350-21841-3
1-78360-600-2 1-78360-599-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813728703321 |
Kiernan V. G (Victor Gordon), <1913-2009, > | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America, Amerikkka [[electronic resource] ] : Elect Nation and Imperial Violence |
Autore | Ruether Rosemary Radford |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Collana | Religion and Violence |
Soggetto topico |
Imperialism -- History
National characteristics, American Political messianism -- United States -- History Protest movements -- United States -- History Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History Religion and politics -- United States -- History United States -- Foreign relations United States -- Politics and government United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects United States -- Territorial expansion Manifest Destiny - History - United States Imperialism - History - United States Political messianism - History - United States Religion and politics - Political aspects - History - United States National characteristics, American - History Racism Protest movements Regions & Countries - Americas History & Archaeology United States - General |
ISBN |
1-315-71120-6
1-317-49124-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; General Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781143303321 |
Ruether Rosemary Radford | ||
London, : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America, Amerikkka : elect nation and imperial violence / / Rosemary Radford Ruether |
Autore | Ruether Rosemary Radford |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Oakville, CT, : Equinox, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Collana | Religion and violence |
Soggetto topico |
Manifest Destiny
Imperialism - History Political messianism - United States - History Religion and politics - United States - History National characteristics, American Racism - Political aspects - United States - History Protest movements - United States - History |
ISBN |
1-315-71120-6
1-317-49124-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the two faces of America: the ideal America as deception and as protest -- 1. Elect nations of Europe and the making of the American myth of chosenness -- 2. The rights of man and the excluded others: the revolutionary era and beyond -- 3. Manifest destiny and Anglo-Saxon racism: 1815-1875 -- 4. Manifest destiny and American empire: 1890-1934 -- 5. America's global mission: the Cold War era, 1945-89 -- 6. American empire and its denouement: 1990-2007 -- 7. Alternative visions of America: the protest tradition -- 8. Toward a U. S. theology of liberation and letting go. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826731603321 |
Ruether Rosemary Radford | ||
London ; ; Oakville, CT, : Equinox, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American boundaries [[electronic resource] ] : the nation, the states, the rectangular survey / / Bill Hubbard, Jr |
Autore | Hubbard Bill <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.12 |
Soggetto topico |
Surveying - Public lands - United States - History
Surveying - Public lands - West (U.S.) - History U.S. states - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786612005046
1-282-00504-9 0-226-35593-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Dedication. To the Surveying Profession -- Contents -- Introduction: Boundaries in the United States as the Manifest Division of the Nation's Lands -- Part 1. Assembling a National Domain -- Part 2. Apportioning the Domain into States -- Part 3. Apportioning the States into Rectangular Parcels -- Epilogue: Other Ways to Apportion a Public Domain -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454008003321 |
Hubbard Bill <1947-> | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American boundaries [[electronic resource] ] : the nation, the states, the rectangular survey / / Bill Hubbard, Jr |
Autore | Hubbard Bill <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.12 |
Soggetto topico |
Surveying - Public lands - United States - History
Surveying - Public lands - West (U.S.) - History U.S. states - History |
Soggetto non controllato | geography, united states, american west, frontier, borders, boundaries, history, politics, nonfiction, panhandle, texas, oklahoma, colonies, settlement, ohio, surveyors, farmland, heartland, agriculture, homesteading, grid system, public lands, surveying, territory, land use, development, expansion, exploration, manifest destiny, montana, national domain |
ISBN |
9786612005046
1-282-00504-9 0-226-35593-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Dedication. To the Surveying Profession -- Contents -- Introduction: Boundaries in the United States as the Manifest Division of the Nation's Lands -- Part 1. Assembling a National Domain -- Part 2. Apportioning the Domain into States -- Part 3. Apportioning the States into Rectangular Parcels -- Epilogue: Other Ways to Apportion a Public Domain -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782970103321 |
Hubbard Bill <1947-> | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American boundaries : the nation, the states, the rectangular survey / / Bill Hubbard, Jr |
Autore | Hubbard Bill <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.12 |
Soggetto topico |
Surveying - Public lands - United States - History
Surveying - Public lands - West (U.S.) - History U.S. states - History |
ISBN |
9786612005046
1-282-00504-9 0-226-35593-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Dedication. To the Surveying Profession -- Contents -- Introduction: Boundaries in the United States as the Manifest Division of the Nation's Lands -- Part 1. Assembling a National Domain -- Part 2. Apportioning the Domain into States -- Part 3. Apportioning the States into Rectangular Parcels -- Epilogue: Other Ways to Apportion a Public Domain -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829288403321 |
Hubbard Bill <1947-> | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American narcissism [[electronic resource] ] : the myth of national superiority / / Wilber W. Caldwell |
Autore | Caldwell Wilber W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Pub., c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.800973 |
Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, American
Nationalism - United States Narcissism - Political aspects - United States Political culture - United States Imperialism Manifest Destiny |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786611398101
1-281-39810-1 0-87586-469-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Making the world over in America's image -- pt. 1. Notes on nationalism -- Nationalism -- Types of nationalism -- pt. 2. The evolution of the American superiority myth -- The New World -- Chosen-ness, mission, and destiny -- Ideological superiority -- The arrogance of abundance -- The arrogance of isolationism -- Manifest destiny and continental expansion -- Manifest destiny and American imperialism -- The leader of the free world -- The arrogance of power -- pt. 3. The presumption of national superiority -- The myth of American superiority -- Blind faith-- pt. 4. Tolerance and plurality -- In search of American humility. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451495003321 |
Caldwell Wilber W | ||
New York, : Algora Pub., c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American narcissism [[electronic resource] ] : the myth of national superiority / / Wilber W. Caldwell |
Autore | Caldwell Wilber W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Pub., c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.800973 |
Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, American
Nationalism - United States Narcissism - Political aspects - United States Political culture - United States Imperialism Manifest Destiny |
ISBN |
9786611398101
1-281-39810-1 0-87586-469-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Making the world over in America's image -- pt. 1. Notes on nationalism -- Nationalism -- Types of nationalism -- pt. 2. The evolution of the American superiority myth -- The New World -- Chosen-ness, mission, and destiny -- Ideological superiority -- The arrogance of abundance -- The arrogance of isolationism -- Manifest destiny and continental expansion -- Manifest destiny and American imperialism -- The leader of the free world -- The arrogance of power -- pt. 3. The presumption of national superiority -- The myth of American superiority -- Blind faith-- pt. 4. Tolerance and plurality -- In search of American humility. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777876303321 |
Caldwell Wilber W | ||
New York, : Algora Pub., c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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