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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... British colonies in North America participated in a massive reordering of the populations on both sides of the Atlantic. By the mid and late eighteenth century human ties and interaction greatly enhanced the cohesiveness of the British ...
... British colonies in North America in the 1760s and 1770s. Many boarded ships that had just unloaded flax seed from the North American colonies, necessary to sustain the linen industry lodged chiefly in Ulster. The ships needed return ...
... British Isles with the dynamic British colonies in North America. These depended on familial and ethnic networks ... colonies. While these stories often proved harsh in their indictments of the unattractive features of slave colonies ...
... British colonies. These communication links that span the Atlantic facilitated migration and gave direction to those migrants once they landed in North America. They also transferred news about the migrants and their experiences to ...
... British settlements in North America drew substantially smaller numbers of ... colonies in North America and the Caribbean. Below the true nobility in rank ... British colonies, the gentry in England provided the model for emulation. The ...