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American Empire in Global History (Hardcover)
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American Empire in Global History (Hardcover)
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This book shows how the predominantly national focus that
characterises studies of the United States after 1783 can be
integrated with global trends, as viewed from the perspective of
imperial history. The book also argues that historians of European
empires have much to gain by considering the United States after
1783 as a newly-decolonised country that acquired overseas
territorial possessions in 1898 and remained a member of the
Western 'imperial club' until the mid-twentieth century. The
wide-ranging synthesis by A. G. Hopkins, American Empire: A Global
History (2018), provides the starting point for contributions that
appraise its main theme and take it in new directions. The first
three chapters identify fresh approaches to U.S. history between
the Revolution and the Civil War, suggesting ways in which the
United States can be considered as a newly-decolonised country,
examining shifting meanings of the term 'empire,' and reassessing
the character of continental expansion. The second group deals with
initiatives and responses in the Philippines and Cuba,
reconsidering the character of nationalism in two of the most
important overseas territories that were either ruled directly or
controlled indirectly by the United States, and placing it an
international context. The third group examines the exercise of
U.S. power in the twentieth century, identifying aspects of
international law that have been overlooked and reviewing the
extensive literature on the controversial themes of the Cold War
and informal empire after 1945. The ten chapters in this edited
volume bring together noted specialists on the history of
international relations, the United States, and the insular empire
it ruled in the twentieth century. The chapters were originally
published as articles in a special issue of The Journal of Imperial
and Commonwealth History.
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