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. |
From inside the book
... America. In some ways, the British protectorate in Egypt inspired those who administered the United States' presence in the Caribbean. Yet ... North and South America. Globalization, a new buzzword of the twentyfirst century, describes the.
... colonies along the Atlantic coast of North America. These stretched from what became Massachusetts in the north to ... American colonies formed a critical part of the commercial empire British merchants built over the course of the ...
... North American colonies. Similarly, the North American colonies engaged in a series of thriving commercial exchanges with British sugar colonies in the Caribbean. In turn, the sugar colonies sold their valuable commodity to the North ...
... North American colonies and the Caribbean depended on the shipping, manufacturing and financial services provided by those in the eastern Atlantic. Interdependency marked all dimensions of the British North American colonies and the ...
... 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 settlements ...