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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... consumer and cultural industries from the early twentieth century the Cold War and its implications for United States economic and political power throughout the globe. This concise and readable text places the history of the.
... culture moved quickly through mass marketing, Hollywood movies and television programs. The shift to a larger context in which the United States existed seems unavoidable. Yet, for many in the country, Exceptionalism remains its ...
... culture anchored by the London publishing industry and the fashionable reading tastes of the city's upper strata. As part of a larger Atlantic world they shared many of the tastes and social distinctions that marked the gentry in ...
... cultural, consumer, literary and labor connections that joined the British North American colonies to the Pan-British world. The chapter also compares the social dimensions of life in the North American colonies with Ireland, Scotland ...
... cultural practices of the British gentry. In North America the Better Sort, as contemporaries knew them, embraced the styles and fashion of the English gentry. The colonial leadership lacked the resources, the lineages and the ties to ...
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