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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... America. In some ways, the British protectorate in Egypt inspired those who administered the United States' presence in the Caribbean. Yet, the United States also exported much. Its racial code moved with it to the Philippines, its one ...
... British commercial system through the production of staple economies, the development of a vigorous shipbuilding industry and the fielding of an active fleet of ocean-going ships. The North American colonists also reaped important ...
... British sugar colonies in the Caribbean. They also depended on British laws to protect their economic interests and British warships for protection against hostile European ships. Of ... American colonists also existed as part of a.
Edward J. Davies, II. The North American colonists also existed as part of a broader social world. The leadership in North America looked to London and its fashionable style and behavior for their inspiration. They participated in a ...
Edward J. Davies, II. dimensions of the British North American colonies and the larger Pan-British world. This ... colonists in the western Atlantic lived under a set of maritime policies established in London as early as the 1650s ...
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