Tyrrell Transnational Nation

United States History in Global Perspective since 1789
2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-33855-6
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

The development of nationalism, movement of peoples, imperialism, industrialization, environmental change and the struggle for equality are all key themes in the study of both US history and world history. In this revised and updated new edition, Tyrrell explores the relationship between events and movements in the US and wider world.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tyrrell, Ian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Introduction.- 1. Born in the Struggles of Empires: The American Republic in War and Revolution, 1789-1815.- 2. Commerce Pervades the World: Economic Connections and Disconnections.- 3. The Beacon of Improvement: Political and Social Reform.- 4. People in Motion: Nineteenth-Century Migration Experiences.- 5. Unwilling Immigrants and Diaspora Dreams.- 6. Racial and Ethnic Frontiers.- 7. America's Civil War and Its World Historical Implications.- 8. How Culture Travelled: Going Abroad, c. 1865-1914.- 9. Building the Nation-state in the Progressive Era: The Transnational Context.- 10. The Empire That Did Not Know Its Name.- 11. The New World Order in the Era of Woodrow Wilson.- 12. Forces of Integration: War and the Coming of the American Century, 1925-1970.- 13. Insular Impulses: Limits on International Integration, 1925 to 1970.- 14. From the 1970s to New Globalization: American Transnational Power and its Limits, 1971-2001.- Epilogue: "Nothing Will Ever Be the Same": 9/11 and the Return of History.- Notes.- Further Reading.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Tyrrell is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His previous publications include Crisis of the Wasteful Nation: Empire and Conservation in Theodore Roosevelt's America (2014).