American Empire
Book description
A new history of the United States that turns American exceptionalism on its head American Empire is a panoramic work of scholarship that presents a bold new global perspective on the history of the United States. Drawing on his expertise in economic history and the imperial histories of Britain and…
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American Empire is a magisterial book from one of the founders of the field of global history—and the person most responsible for starting me on my career path as a historian.
This doorstopper of a book by one of the preeminent historians of our age will take you on a globe-trotting journey of the American Empire. The growth of Gilded Age capitalism plays an important part within it, as do the rival European powers.
From Marc-William's list on late-19th-century American capitalism and empire.
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