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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... trade. Financial figures in the British capital provided the resources that held together the slaving enterprise so ... trade and access to European goods. In part, they relied on European weapons and gunpowder purchased via the slave ...
... trades in North America. Broad economic and workplace changes precipitated a substantial stream of migrants to British settlements in the western Atlantic where less sophisticated means of production and a growing economy offered many ...
... trade and pushed hundreds of thousands of Africans across the same ocean. In fact, the slave trade reached peaks during the 1760s and 1770s when some 65,000 Africans arrived annually in the western Atlantic. The slave trade re ...
... trade and commerce with the social world of colonial leadership. The Better Sort also enjoyed the same literature, read identical law books and boasted the same history as their counterparts in the eastern Atlantic. The Better Sort drew ...
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3 The PanBritish world in the age of revolution | 21 |
4 Industrialization and the remaking of the world 17501900 | 41 |
5 The global rise of corporations | 59 |
6 Raw materials and sustaining the global economy | 77 |
7 The United States and Atlantic migration | 96 |
8 The United States and Latin America | 111 |
9 The United States and the Pacific | 126 |
10 The United States and the world 19452005 | 136 |
Toward the future | 156 |
Conclusion | 158 |
Index | 163 |