The United States and Imperialism uses concepts of civilization, identity, the civilizing mission, and cooperation to explain the role of imperialism throughout American history. Ninkovich's original analysis of America as an empire shows how imperialism, anti-imperialism, and geopolitics have all played a role in how the United States made decisions when seeking new territories.
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"Frank Ninkovich's The United States and Imperialism is a major work of historical research and writing. Ninkovich takes on several of the most important topics in the history of US foreign relations with grace, wit, and deep understanding. The book includes a vast amount of scholarship in primary and secondary sources. Best of all, it brings centuries' old issues up to date." Robert D. Schulzinger, University of Colorado
"In this provocative overview, Frank Ninkovich reconceptualizes American imperialism 'as an element of the geopolitics of modernity.' By emphasizing the liberal sensibility and modernizing goals behind imperialism, he reorients stale debates and poses fresh questions about America's identity and 'civilizing' mission." Emily Rosenberg, Macalester College
"Ninkovich provides an innovative and exciting synthesis." Choice
"Ninkovich presents a fresh interpretation of the contours of the American empire and places the experience of imperialism within the larger context of modern US foreign policy. This study is to be commended for its clarity, conceptual sophistication, and eloquence. It is highly recommended for classroom adoption and equally suited for undergraduate and graduate discussions" American Nineteenth Century History Journal
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American imperialism was part of a surge of colonialism that washed over the world in the late nineteenth century, a wave of territorial expansion that differed quantitatively and qualitatively from countless earlier instances of empire-building. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
great power cooperation, treaty port system, great power competition, civilized powers, revolutionary unrest, treaty powers, dollar diplomacy, international identity, isthmian canal Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Puerto Rico, Cold War, Theodore Roosevelt, New York, Great Britain, Monroe Doctrine, Dominican Republic, Latin America, Puerto Rican, Woodrow Wilson, State Department, Third World, League of Nations, Far East, John Hay, Spanish-American War, United Nations, New Deal, New Panama Canal Company, Philander Knox, Republican Party, Roosevelt Corollary, South Africa, America's China New!
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American imperialism was part of a surge of colonialism that washed over the world in the late nineteenth century, a wave of territorial expansion that differed quantitatively and qualitatively from countless earlier instances of empire-building. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
great power cooperation, treaty port system, great power competition, civilized powers, revolutionary unrest, treaty powers, dollar diplomacy, international identity, isthmian canal Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Puerto Rico, Cold War, Theodore Roosevelt, New York, Great Britain, Monroe Doctrine, Dominican Republic, Latin America, Puerto Rican, Woodrow Wilson, State Department, Third World, League of Nations, Far East, John Hay, Spanish-American War, United Nations, New Deal, New Panama Canal Company, Philander Knox, Republican Party, Roosevelt Corollary, South Africa, America's China New!
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- The United States and China, 4th Revised and Enlarged Edition (American Foreign Policy Library) by John King Fairbank on 4 pages
- The Papers of Woodrow Wilson by Woodrow Wilson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Race, Culture, and Evolution: Essays in the History of Anthropology (Phoenix Series) by George W. Stocking Jr in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Woodrow Wilson (United States Presidents (Abdo)) by Paul Joseph in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-Sixth President of the United States (Encyclopedia of Presidents) by Zachary Kent in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Confronting the American Dream: Nicaragua under U.S. Imperial Rule (American Encounters/Global Interactions) by Michel Gobat in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Among Empires: American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors by Charles S. Maier in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Jeffersonian America (Problems in American History) by Peter Onuf in Front Matter
- Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest and Corporate Responsibility by Daniel Litvin in Back Matter
- American Foreign Policy in a New Era by Robert Jervis in Back Matter
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