Stuart Rollo, Terminus: Westward Expansion, China, and the End of American Empire

This book is not a detailed history of American imperialist expansion into China, nor was it intended so. Rather, it is a study in history of American ideas about expansion and empire, a book where intellectual leaders, such as Alfred Thayer Mahan and Brooks Adams, are mentioned more often than pol...

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Xuất bản năm:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas,
Tác giả chính: Stachura, Pawel
Định dạng: Article ou chapitre numérique
Ngôn ngữ:Anglais
Được phát hành: European journal of American studies 2026
Truy cập trực tuyến:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Tóm tắt:This book is not a detailed history of American imperialist expansion into China, nor was it intended so. Rather, it is a study in history of American ideas about expansion and empire, a book where intellectual leaders, such as Alfred Thayer Mahan and Brooks Adams, are mentioned more often than political and military leaders. Rollo’s approach to history can be described as conceptual, and also very general, so that specific events are only mentioned as indications of long-duration processes ...