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9780674021891

Among Empires

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  • ISBN13:

    9780674021891

  • ISBN10:

    0674021894

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-04-24
  • Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
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Summary

"To inquire about empire is to ask what the United States has become as a result of its wealth, inventiveness, and ambitions. American Empires offers comparisons and an original account of American power."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Charles S. Maier is the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University.

Table of Contents

Questions at the Outset
Recurring Structures
Introduction: The Imperial Arena
What Is an Empire?
Frontiers
"Call It Peace"
America's Turn
Introduction: Highland Park and Hiroshima
Frontiers and Forces in the Cold War
An Empire of Production
An Empire of Consumption
Afterword: The Vase of Uruk
Tables
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
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