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Author Maier, Charles S.

Title Among empires : American ascendancy and its predecessors / Charles S. Maier.

Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2006.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  325.32 M217A    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  325.32 M217A c.2  Check Shelf
Description 373 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-346) and index.
Contents I: Recurring structures -- The imperial arena -- What is an empire? -- Frontiers -- "Call it peace" -- II: America's turn -- Highland Park and Hiroshima -- Frontiers and forces in the Cold War -- An empire of production -- An empire of consumption -- The vase of Uruk.
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- 19th century.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
National characteristics, American.
Imperialism -- History.
Imperialism -- Case studies.
ISBN 0674021894 alkaline paper
9780674021891 alkaline paper
Standard No. 9780674021891
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