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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... Ireland and Scotland exported textile, linen and/or food to England while purchasing manufactured goods. Ireland and Scotland also developed economic ties with the North American colonies. Similarly, the North American colonies engaged ...
... Ireland, Scotland and England. The dynamics of the Atlantic world: an overview British colonists in the western Atlantic lived under a set of maritime policies established in London as early as the 1650s. Known as the Navigation Acts ...
... Scotland and Ireland witnessed substantial loss of people, beginning in the 1750s. These migrants usually ended in North America. They left their homes for many reasons. Significant population growth placed great pressure on resources in ...
... Irish emigrants readily supplied. Hard pressed by rising land rents, these men and women sought cheap land, widely ... Scottish linen industry. The same pressures that made migration a necessity for many in Northern Ireland also appeared ...
... Ireland, Scotland and England, while none appeared in the younger and far less sophisticated colonies in North America and the Caribbean. Below the true nobility in rank came the gentry, with fewer resources and less prestige. Still ...