American empire : a global history / A.G. Hopkins.
Hopkins, A. G. (Antony G.), author.
2018
E183.7 .H67 2018eb
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Title
American empire : a global history / A.G. Hopkins.
Author
Hopkins, A. G. (Antony G.), author.
ISBN
9781400888351 (electronic book)
1400888352 (electronic book)
9780691177052
0691177058
Published
Princeton [New Jersey] : Princeton University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 980 pages) : illustrations.
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E183.7 .H67 2018eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
325/.341
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Description based on print version record.
Series
America in the world.
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American empire.
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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.

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