The United States in World HistoryRoutledge, 27. sep. 2006 - 192 síður In this concise, accessible introductory survey of the history of the United States from 1790 to the present day, Edward J. Davies examines key themes in the evolution of America from colonial rule to international supremacy. Focusing particularly on those currents within US history that have influenced the rest of the world, the book is neatly divided into three parts which examine the Atlantic world, 1700–1800, the US and the industrial world, and the emergence of America as a global power. The United States in World History explores such key issues as:
Part of our successful Themes in World History series, The United States in World History presents a new way of examining the United States, and reveals how concepts that originated in America's definition of itself as a nation – concepts such as capitalism, republicanism and race – have had supranational impact across the world. |
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... English claimed land emptied by disease, war, or treaty from the indigenous and then settled in increasingly greater numbers. By the mid- and late 1700s, North American colonies formed a critical part of the commercial empire British ...
... colonial society. The members of the middling sort shared modest living standards and knew their place in the social hierarchy of the colonial world. Their counterparts in the British Isles also lived in modest conditions distinct from ...
... British colonists relied on credit as the chief means of transferring goods from sellers to buyers. Once on land ... colonies saw a jump of almost two million people during the 1700s while Great Britain and Ireland both saw their ...
... colonial merchants conducted so much of their business . The British North American settlements reaped tremendous benefits because of their connections with distant markets . In particular , New England ship owners joined the British ...
... empire to survive. The British islands in this sea embodied the singular dedication to one crop, sugar. This commitment made the Caribbean sugar islands critically dependent on the North American colonies for food and white-collar ...
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3 The PanBritish world in the age of revolution | 21 |
4 Industrialization and the remaking of the world 17501900 | 41 |
5 The global rise of corporations | 59 |
6 Raw materials and sustaining the global economy | 77 |
7 The United States and Atlantic migration | 96 |
8 The United States and Latin America | 111 |
9 The United States and the Pacific | 126 |
10 The United States and the world 19452005 | 136 |
Toward the future | 156 |
Conclusion | 158 |
Index | 163 |