Description
Book SynopsisLively and accessible, America and the World draws on the most recent scholarship to provide a historical introduction to one of today's vital and misunderstood issues.
Trade ReviewThis book would be an excellent addition to an undergraduate curriculum. Hopefully, it will be generally adopted into classrooms as part of an international education. -- Malcom D. Magee History: Reviews of New Books Compelling and well-balanced... [America and the World] would serve well as a survey of American economic and diplomatic history in an undergraduate course. -- Erik Benson Essays in Economic and Business History
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Part I: 1492–1763
Introduction
1. Commerce and Conquest
2. The Many Wars for America
3. De-Indianizing American Culture
Part II: 1763–1898
Introduction
4. The Idea of Freedom in an Age of Slavery
5. Developing a Continental Market
6. From Colonies to the Threshold of Empire
Part III: 1898–1945
Introduction
7. Reluctant Global Warriors
8. Emerging Economic Hegemon
9. Reforming a Chaotic World
Part IV: 1945–2010
Introduction
10. Globalization and Americanization
11. Becoming the "Indispensable Nation"
12. Civil Rights and World Culture
Conclusion
Notes
Suggested Further Reading
Index
