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. These stretched from what became Massachusetts in the north to Georgia in the south. The English claimed ... Africa and they prospered by sustaining British sugar colonies in the Caribbean. They also depended on British laws to ...
... African mini worlds in the western Atlantic, constantly reinforced as mortality or demand called for more and more shiploads of Africans destined for the slave pens of the Caribbean or North America. Few could escape the dependency on ...
... Africans or African Americans toiled away for white masters in the Carolinas and Chesapeake region and, especially, on the British sugar islands in the Caribbean. Few slaves lived in the British Isles yet their presence in the North ...
... American colonies saw a jump of almost two million people during the 1700s while Great Britain and Ireland both saw ... Africa to the colonial south and the Caribbean. New England ships, principally from Newport, Rhode Island and Boston ...
... African slaves in the Caribbean produced the molasses so important for New England's economy. Ironically, Africans ... American coast and in the Caribbean also capitalized on this waterborne trade. Tobacco, long a staple of the ...