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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... especially those from Philadelphia and its prosperous agricultural hinterland, provided the whitecollar services, grains, mostly wheat, beef and pork as well as fish that maintained the caloric and protein needs of the Africans. The.
... agriculture as early as the 1720s and 1730s. These accelerated after the 1770s. Large landowners consolidated their holdings and replaced smallscale leaseholders with sheep intended for English urban markets to the south, a shift ...
... agricultural system that developed actually demanded more labor yet the appeal of land and the economic independence in North America far outweighed the advantages of staying in the lowlands. The healthy economies in the region's ports ...
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