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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... industrialization on U.S. trade and the emergence of the 'corporation' in the nineteenth century the expansion of U.S. consumer and cultural industries from the early twentieth century the Cold War and its implications for United States ...
... production of staple economies, the development of a vigorous shipbuilding industry and the fielding of an active fleet of oceangoing ships. The North American colonists also reaped important benefits from participating in this ...
... economic world. 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 ...
... financial networks that sustained these Atlantic connections. Participants ... economic assets. Virtually nothing could be accomplished without them. They ... industry sustained both this commerce and a substantial maritime construction ...
... production transformed relationships between landowners and tenants and between artisans and the market. These ... economic and social changes. Thousands of Ulster Scots left for the British colonies in North America in the 1760s and ...