Among Empires : American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors /
Maier, Charles S.
Among Empires : American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors / Charles S. Maier. - 1 online resource (384 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue: Questions at the Outset -- PART ONE: Recurring Structures -- Introduction: The Imperial Arena -- 1. What Is an Empire? -- 2. Frontiers 78 -- 3. "Call It Peace" -- PART TWO: America's Turn -- Introduction: Highland Park and Hiroshima -- 4. Frontiers and Forces in the Cold War -- 5. An Empire of Production -- 6. An Empire of Consumption -- Afterword: The Vase of Uruk -- Tables -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
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This elegantly written book examines the structure and impact of empires and asks whether the United States shares their traits and behavior. Charles S. Maier outlines the essentials of empire throughout history, then explores the exercise of U.S. power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. With learning, dispassion, and clarity, Among Empires offers bold comparisons and an original account of American power.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674021891 9780674040458
10.4159/9780674040458 doi
Imperialism--Case studies.
Imperialism--History.
National characteristics, American.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
E183.7 -- M27 2006eb
325.320973
Among Empires : American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors / Charles S. Maier. - 1 online resource (384 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue: Questions at the Outset -- PART ONE: Recurring Structures -- Introduction: The Imperial Arena -- 1. What Is an Empire? -- 2. Frontiers 78 -- 3. "Call It Peace" -- PART TWO: America's Turn -- Introduction: Highland Park and Hiroshima -- 4. Frontiers and Forces in the Cold War -- 5. An Empire of Production -- 6. An Empire of Consumption -- Afterword: The Vase of Uruk -- Tables -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This elegantly written book examines the structure and impact of empires and asks whether the United States shares their traits and behavior. Charles S. Maier outlines the essentials of empire throughout history, then explores the exercise of U.S. power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. With learning, dispassion, and clarity, Among Empires offers bold comparisons and an original account of American power.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674021891 9780674040458
10.4159/9780674040458 doi
Imperialism--Case studies.
Imperialism--History.
National characteristics, American.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
E183.7 -- M27 2006eb
325.320973