{"product_id":"engineering-expansion-9780812253481","title":"Engineering Expansion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With the publication of William D. Adler’s excellent book, \u003ci\u003eEngineering Expansion\u003c\/i\u003e we now have a comprehensive account of the army as an institution of state power from 1787 until the Civil War....Any scholar of American Political Development, institutional development, or military history will benefit from a close reading of \u003ci\u003eEngineering Expansion. \u003c\/i\u003eStudents, in particular, will find Adler’s book to be an excellent guide to current scholarly debates in APD. Although many questions remain about the army’s role in early America, Adler’s concise volume should inspire further studies of this long neglected institution of American state building. As Adler demonstrates so persuasively in this fine book, it is time for APD to bring the military back in.\" * Perspectives on Politics *\u003cbr\u003e\"William D. Adler’s impressive book is a vitally important contribution to the history of nineteenth-century American political economy and the early American state. Adler convincingly argues that the United States’ military was a driving force in the development of the national state, in the expansion of national boundaries, and in the dramatic growth of the national marketplace....\u003ci\u003eEngineering Expansion\u003c\/i\u003e makes a fine contribution to our understanding of American political economy, state building, and foreign relations through a detailed examinationof the Army. However much the military has been missing from the literature, Adler has successfully brought it back in.\" * H-DIPLO *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Coercion and Economic Development\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Building the Nation, Building the Economy\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Who Commands?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Political Entrepreneurs and Institutional Capacity\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. The Army and American Political Development\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405747167575,"sku":"9780812253481","price":52.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812253481.jpg?v=1730493471","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/engineering-expansion-9780812253481","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}