UID:
almahu_9948022385002882
Format:
1 online resource (xxviii, 308 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139030397 (ebook)
Content:
Since their first publication, the four volumes of the Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations have served as the definitive source for the topic, from the colonial period to the Cold War. This entirely new first volume narrates the British North American colonists' pre-existing desire for expansion, security and prosperity and argues that these desires are both the essence of American foreign relations and the root cause for the creation of the United States. They required the colonists to unite politically, as individual colonies could not dominate North America by themselves. Although ingrained localist sentiments persisted, a strong, durable Union was required for mutual success, thus American nationalism was founded on the idea of allegiance to the Union. Continued tension between the desire for expansion and the fragility of the Union eventually resulted in the Union's collapse and the Civil War.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2016).
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Origins of the American Empire and Union --
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A Perilous Union --
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Expansion, Embargo, and War --
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Claiming the Hemisphere --
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Freedom's Empire, at Home and Abroad --
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Expansionist Vistas --
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Bullying Britain, Conquering Mexico, Claiming the Canal --
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Disunion --
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The Imperial Crisis --
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Bibliographic Essay.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781107005907
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139030397
