The United States in World History

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Routledge, 27. sep. 2006 - 192 síður
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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:

  • the dynamics of the British Atlantic community
  • the American revolution
  • the impact of industrialization on the US
  • the expansion of US consumer and cultural industries
  • the Cold War, and its implications for the US.

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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They drew the labor for their tobacco, rice and indigo plantations from Africa and they prospered by sustaining British sugar colonies in the Caribbean. They also depended on British laws to protect their economic interests and British ...
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At the bottom of the social hierarchy, enslaved Africans or African Americans toiled away for white masters in the Carolinas and Chesapeake region and, especially, on the British sugar islands in the Caribbean.
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New England ships also helped sustain the growing carrying trade between the northern colonies and the Caribbean sugar islands. New England slavers also picked up bills of exchange and hard currency that later helped pay for ...
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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 services and on Great ...
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Beginning in the early eighteenth century, the sharp rise in the demand for sugar and production of other staples such as rice and tobacco accelerated the growth of the slave trade and pushed hundreds of thousands of Africans across the ...

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The United States and world history
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2 The PanBritish world in the late eighteenth century
3
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
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Um höfundinn (2006)

Edward J. Davies, II is an Associate Professor at the University of Utah. He has recently served on the Advisory Board for National Geographic’s world history publication focusing on North America. He has also served on the Executive Committee for the World History Association.

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TitillThe United States in World History
Themes in World History
HöfundurEdward J. Davies, II
ÚtgefandiRoutledge, 2006
ISBN1134477163, 9781134477166
Length192 síður
  
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