A Nation Among Nations (Paperback)

"An original, ambitious, and consistently provocative book that should change the way we study and teach American history." --Eric Foner, Columbia University In this major book, Thomas Bender recasts the developments central to American history by setting them in a global context, and showing both the importance and ordinariness of America's international entanglements over five centuries.
Bender focuses on five major themes, beginning with 1492 and "the age of discovery," when people everywhere first felt the transforming effects of oceanic trade. He asks us to see our Revolution as one of several similar rebellions around the globe, and the Civil War as part of a larger history associating the new meaning of nationhood with freedom. He also examines the American commitment to empire from Jefferson's presidency to our own time, and makes it clear that America's responses to capitalist industrialization and urbanization were part of a worldwide conversation.

General

Imprint:	Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2006
First published:	December 2006
Authors:	Thomas Bender
Dimensions:	208 x 140 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	384
ISBN-13:	978-0-8090-7235-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	0-8090-7235-1
Barcode:	9780809072354

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