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American empire : a global history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hopkins, A. G. (Antony G.) (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Series:America in the world.
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations.
United States > History.
International relations > History.
United States > Territories and possessions > History.
Great Britain > Territories and possessions > History.
Imperialism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue. Lessons of liberation : Iraq, 1915-1921
  • Three crises and an outcome
  • Part I. Decolonization and dependence, 1756-1865. The advance and retreat of the military-fiscal state
  • From revolution to constitution
  • The struggle for independence
  • Wars of incorporation
  • Part II. Modernity and imperialism, 1865-1914. Uneven development and imperial expansion
  • Achieving effective independence
  • Acquiring an unexceptional empire
  • Insular perspectives on an intrusive world
  • Intermission : Tarzan's mirror to modernity
  • Part III. Empires and international disorder, 1914-1959. The modern imperial system : from conquest to collapse
  • Ruling the forgotten empire
  • Caribbean carnival
  • Paradise in the Pacific
  • "The twilight of confused colonialism"
  • Part IV. The outcome : postcolonial globalization. Dominance and decline in the postcolonial age
  • Epilogue. Lessons of liberation : Iraq, 2003-2011.