America and the world
Subtitle: culture, commerce, conflict
By: Lawrence A. Peskin and Edmund F. Wehrle
Contributors: Wehrle, Edmund F., 1964-
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781421402956; 9781421402963
Subjects: Social aspects; Globalization; Civilization; American National characteristics; Foreign economic relations; Political aspects; Economic aspects; American influences; Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Commerce and conquest; title: The many wars for America; title: De-Indianizing America culture; title: The idea of freedom in an age of slavery; title: Developing a continental market; title: From colonies to the threshold of empire; title: Reluctant global warriors; title: Emerging economic hegemon; title: Reforming a chaotic world; title: Globalization and Americanization; title: Becoming the "indispensable nation"; title: Rights and world culture.