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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The North American colonists also reaped important benefits from participating in this commercial empire. They drew the labor for their tobacco, rice and indigo plantations from Africa and they prospered by sustaining British sugar ...
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Involuntary migration also created African mini worlds in the western Atlantic, constantly reinforced as mortality or demand called for more and more shiploads of Africans destined for the slave pens of the Caribbean or North America.
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At the bottom of the social hierarchy, enslaved Africans or African Americans toiled away for white masters in the Carolinas ... Few slaves lived in the British Isles yet their presence in the North American colonies and the Caribbean ...
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The North American colonies saw a jump of almost two million people during the 1700s while Great Britain and Ireland ... in the profitable, if inhumane, trafficking of humans from West Africa to the colonial south and the Caribbean.
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African slaves in the Caribbean produced the molasses so important for New England's economy. ... of buyers in the expanding markets of urban consumers in Europe and especially in France, the largest buyer of North American tobacco.

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The United States in World History
Edward J. Davies, II
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Edward J. Davies (II)
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The United States in World History
Edward J. Davies (II)
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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
ISBN1134477155, 9781134477159
Length192 síður
  
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