America: From White Settlement to World Hegemony

ISBN-13: 9781783605989 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 472 str.

Victor Kiernan; Eric Hobsbawm

Opis

While there have been many analyses of American imperialism, few have equaled the breadth or insight of America: From White Settlement to World Hegemony, which was one of the first books to provide a historical perspective on the origins of the American empire.

Victor Kiernan, heralded by Edward Said as the "great Scottish historian of empire," employs a nuanced knowledge of history, literature, and politics in his tracing of the evolution of American power. Far reaching and ambitious in its scope, the book combines accounts of the changing relationship between Native Americans and the white population with readings of the works of key cultural figures such as Melville and Whitman, as well as an analysis of the way in which money and politics became so closely intertwined in American democracy. The result is a compelling account of how the country came to be the dangerous global power that it is today. Brought up-to-date with an afterword by John Trumpbour, research director at Harvard Law School, this new edition includes a look at America's ongoing war on terror.

Spis treści

Preface by Eric Hobsbawm Foreword Introduction by John Trumpbour Part I: The Winning of the National Territory 1. The Birth of a Nation 2. The Pursuit of Happiness 3. White Man and Red Man Part II: Middle Decades 1. The Literary Mirror 2. From West Indies to Far East 3. Civil War and After 4. The Last Indian Wars Part III: Overseas Expansion and the War with Spain 1. The Red Man in Custody 2. New Visions of Empire 3. Latin America and Further Asia 4. Anglo-Saxons and Their Wars Part IV: Imperial Choices for a New Century 1. The Progressivist Era 2. The Philippines Experiment, and Direct or Indirect Rule 3. Dollar Diplomacy in Central America 4. Old World Frustrations, and Ideas of a New World Order Part V: Two Strides to World Power 1. Great War and Not So Great Peace 2. Victory and After: The Mirror of Science Fiction 3. America, the World's Banker 4. Slump Years, and a New Look at the Red Indian 5. From Isolationism to Conquest Part VI: The American Hegemony 1. Capitalism, Militarism and the Cold War 2. The Old Empires and Neo-Colonialism 3. War in Vietnam and its Repercussions 4. The Middle East and Africa 5. Latin America 6. Retrospect and Prospect Epilogue by John Trumpbour