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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... farmers seemingly beyond its reach. Merchants, whether in Boston or New York, relied on ships, the very heart of this vast mercantile system, to conduct this business. These ships moved products, information and people across the oceans ...
... farms. The plantation settlements along the North American coast and in the Caribbean also capitalized on this waterborne trade. Tobacco, long a staple of the Chesapeake, had achieved mass consumption status in England by the end of the ...
... farming and the mechanics of using tidal water in rice production. West Africans also used their knowledge of ... farmers and artisans, especially those from Philadelphia and its prosperous agricultural hinterland, provided the ...
... farmers who sold their grains to merchant mills. These produced high quality flour, some 40,000 barrels annually, for distant markets. Philadelphia made Southeastern Pennsylvania affluent with its huge demand for local services and food ...
... Farmers in the lowlands and the Highlands saw their rural worlds vanish under the weight of population growth and changes in production. Highlanders began to experience marketdriven changes in agriculture as early as the 1720s and 1730s ...