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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... throughout the globe. This concise and readable text places the history of the United States in its broadest context and will be invaluable to those studying world history. Edward J. Davies, II is an Associate Professor at the.
... throughout my academic life. Neither the book nor my career would have been possible without her. My only wish is that my late father could be here for my mother and to see this project reach completion. Last, in 2005 I met the love of ...
... throughout the Western Hemisphere. United States corporations also created communities of professionals, managers and workers in states such as Mexico and Cuba. Clearly, the United States was intimately bound with larger human ...
... throughout the region as the demand for their meat accelerated in the English markets. Similarly, Scottish textile artisans faced technological changes in the workplace that greatly diminished the longsought dream of craft independence ...
... throughout the British Atlantic world. The Scottish gentry, crude at best in the early eighteenth century, began to capitalize on the flow of British and Atlantic goods, especially after 1760. Tea and tea sets, pewter and fashionable ...