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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... 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 ...
... North America and across the Atlantic where colonial merchants conducted so much of their business. The British North American settlements reaped tremendous benefits because of their connections with distant markets. In particular, New ...
... North America were inextricably bound to the slave trade. Yet, the plantation operators simply lacked the funds to conduct longterm business operations. These funds remained in short supply in the Atlantic world. The colonials depended ...
... North American buyers through Gold Coast ports such as Lagos and Porto Novo. Scottish and ScottishIrish migration The British colonies in North America participated in a massive reordering of the populations on both sides of the ...
... 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 cargo, which the Irish ...