Format:
1 online resource (239 pages)
ISBN:
9780262283885
Series Statement:
The MIT Press Ser.
Content:
An investigation of the America-Rome analogy that goes deeper than the facile comparisons made on talk shows and in glossy magazine articles.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1 America as a New Rome? -- I Nihil Novi Sub Sole -- Part 2 Why America Is Not a New Rome -- II Empires, Powers, Limits -- III Knowledge, Machines, Energy -- IV Life, Death, Wealth -- Part 3 Why Comparisons Fail -- V Historical Analogies and Their (Lack of) Meaning -- Notes -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780262195935
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780262195935
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3339115
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