| Description |
xxii, 641 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I. A frontier of the mind. 1. The machine in the garden -- 2. The remote beyond compare: finding California --- II. From sea to shining sea: manifest destiny. 3. A continent in five easy pieces -- 4. Manifest destiny's offspring: gold, the continental railroad, Texas -- 5. Abroad in search of Monsters to destroy --- III. Pacific states, New England peoples. 6. East to Eden: the Pacific Northwest -- 7. Edens Lush and Frigid -- 8. Pacific crossings: Asians in the United States --- IV. A crust of the earth: protean California. 9. A garden Cornucopia -- 10. There it is. Take it: water and power -- 11. Southern California: island and the Pacific -- 12. The state as pretense of itself: developing the West -- 13. Postwar California and the rise of Western republicanism -- 14. In California's shadow: the rest of the West in the postwar era -- 15. Archipelago of the empire: an American grid for the global garden -- 16. Silicon Valley: a New World at the edge of the sea -- 17. Conclusion: The American ascendancy. |
| Summary |
"America is the first world power to inhabit an immense land mass open at both ends to the world's two largest oceans - the Atlantic and the Pacific. This gives America a great competitive advantage often overlooked by Atlanticists, whose focus remains overwhelmingly fixed on America's relationship with Europe. Bruce Cumings challenges the Atlanticist perspective in this innovative new history, arguing that relations with Asia influenced our history greatly. Cumings chronicles how the movement westward, from the Middle West to the Pacific, has shaped America's industrial, technological, military, and global rise to power. He unites domestic and international history, international relations, and political economy to demonstrate how technological change and sharp economic growth have created a truly bicoastal national economy that has led the world for more than a century. Cumings emphasizes the importance of American encounters with Mexico, the Philippines, and the nations of East Asia. The result is a wonderfully integrative history that advances a strong argument for a dual approach to American history incorporating both Atlanticist and Pacificist perspectives" -- from book jacket. |
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Pacific States -- History.
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Pacific States -- Civilization.
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Pacific States -- Economic conditions.
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United States -- Relations -- Pacific Area.
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Pacific Area -- Relations -- United States.
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United States -- Territorial expansion.
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United States -- Historical geography.
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United States -- Foreign relations.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte
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| Added Title |
Pacific ascendancy and American power |
| ISBN |
9780300111880 cloth alkaline paper |
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0300111886 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780300168006 paperback |
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0300168004 paperback |
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