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

Autore	Hixson W
Edizione	[1st ed. 2013.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (266 p.)
Disciplina	973.3
Soggetto topico	Social history History, Modern Imperialism Historiography Social History History of the Americas US History Modern History Imperialism and Colonialism Historiography and Method
ISBN	1-137-37425-X 1-137-37426-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction : settler colonialism, history, and theory -- People from the unknown world : the colonial encounter and the acceleration of violence -- No savage shall inherit the land : settler colonialism through the American Revolution -- The common enemy of the country : settler colonialism to the Mississippi River -- Scenes of agony and blood : Manifest Destiny and the crisis of settler colonialism -- They promised to take our land and they took it : completing the continental settler colonial project -- Spaces of denial : American colonialism in Hawai'i and Alaska -- Things too scandalous to write : the Philippine intervention and the continuities of colonialism -- A very particular kind of inclusion : indigenous people in the postcolonial United States -- Conclusion : the boomerang of savagery.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910790727703321

Autore	Beidler Philip D
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (183 p.)
Disciplina	973.9
Soggetto topico	Imperialism War and society - United States Memory - Social aspects - United States Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Social aspects Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Social aspects Idealism, American
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-55299-6 9786612552991 0-8203-3649-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459355403321

Autore	Maier Charles S
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (384 p.)
Disciplina	325.320973
Soggetto topico	National characteristics, American Imperialism - History Imperialism
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-674-04045-7
Classificazione	MG 70070
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue: Questions at the Outset -- PART ONE: Recurring Structures -- Introduction: The Imperial Arena -- 1. What Is an Empire? -- 2. Frontiers 78 -- 3. "Call It Peace" -- PART TWO: America's Turn -- Introduction: Highland Park and Hiroshima -- 4. Frontiers and Forces in the Cold War -- 5. An Empire of Production -- 6. An Empire of Consumption -- Afterword: The Vase of Uruk -- Tables -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910455110603321