American empire : a global history

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Autore principale: Hopkins, Antony Gerald, 1938-
Natura: Livre papier
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: Princeton, N. J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press copyright 2018.
Serie:America in the world
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Edition sous un autre format:• American empire, a global history, A. G. Hopkins, Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 2018, America in the world (Online), 978-1-40088835-1
Sommario:
  • P. 1
  • Prologue: Lessons of liberation: Iraq, 1915-1921
  • P. 10
  • Three crises and an outcome
  • Part I. Decolonization and dependence, 1756-1865
  • P. 45
  • The advance and retreat of the military-fiscal state
  • P. 95
  • From revolution to constitution
  • P. 142
  • The struggle for independence
  • P. 191
  • Wars of incorporation
  • Part II. Modernity and imperialism, 1865-1914
  • P. 241
  • Uneven development and imperial expansion
  • P. 287
  • Achieving effective independence
  • P. 337
  • Acquiring an unexceptional empire
  • P. 383
  • Insular perspectives on an intrusive world
  • P. 437
  • Intermission: Tarzan's mirror to modernity
  • Part III. Empires and international disorder, 1914-1959
  • P. 443
  • The modern imperial system: from conquest to collapse
  • P. 494
  • Ruling the forgotten empire
  • P. 539
  • Caribbean carnival
  • P. 592
  • Paradise in the Pacific
  • P. 639
  • "The twilight of confused colonialism"
  • Part IV. The outcome: postcolonial globalization
  • P. 691
  • Dominance and decline in the postcolonial age
  • P. 730
  • Epilogue: Lessons of liberation: Iraq, 2003-2011