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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... plantations from Africa and they prospered by sustaining 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 ...
... plantations in North America and the Caribbean. They carried raw materials back from the Chesapeake to London, Glasgow, Liverpool and Bristol and took out finished products for colonial markets. The ports in Britain's Northern American ...
... , vigorously participated in the business of trafficking human cargo. Smaller oceanside ports such as Savannah, Georgia depended on New England ships for their supply of Africans destined for rice and indigo plantations. New.
Edward J. Davies, II. supply of Africans destined for rice and indigo plantations. New England slave ships also ... plantation settlements along the North American coast and in the Caribbean also capitalized on this waterborne trade ...
... plantations. Rice, too, depended on water transport for its vitality. Rice emerged as a central export along the Carolina and Georgia coasts during the eighteenth century. Ships hauled rice to European and Caribbean markets and they ...