The Cambridge History of America and the World
Kristin Hoganson editor Jay Sexton editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:3rd Mar '22
Should be back in stock very soon
This volume examines US empire-building and other aspects of its relationship with the world in the nineteenth century.
This volume examines how the United States became an imperial power in the nineteenth century and how the rest of the world shaped the United States in this pivotal era. It places the United States, Indigenous nations, and their peoples in the context of a rapidly integrating world.The second volume of The Cambridge History of America and the World examines how the United States rose to great power status in the nineteenth century and how the rest of the world has shaped the United States. Mixing top-down and bottom-up perspectives, insider and outsider views, cultural, social, political, military, environmental, legal, technological, and other veins of analysis, it places the United States, Indigenous nations, and their peoples in the context of a rapidly integrating world. Specific topics addressed in the volume include nation and empire building, inter-Indigenous relations, settler colonialism, slavery and statecraft, the Mexican-American War, global integration, the antislavery international, the global dimensions of the Civil War, overseas empire-building, state formation, international law, global capitalism, border-crossing movement politics, technology, health, the environment, immigration policy, missionary endeavors, mobility, tourism, expatriation, cultural production, colonial intimacies, borderlands, the liberal North Atlantic, US-African relations, Islamic world encounters, the US island empire, the greater Caribbean world, and transimperial entanglements.
'Let me be clear from the start: this is a wonderful collection….The fluidity of interpretation, conceptual precision, clarity of the exposition, and efficiency of the analysis is excellent…. It is a stimulating and engaging volume, full of interest, insight, and impressive synthesis.' Stephen Tuffnell, H-Diplo
ISBN: 9781108419239
Dimensions: 235mm x 158mm x 39mm
Weight: 1380g
784 pages