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9780674025561

Among Empires

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  • ISBN13:

    9780674025561

  • ISBN10:

    0674025563

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-10-30
  • Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

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Summary

Contemporary America, with its unparalleled armaments and ambition, seems to many commentators a new empire. Others angrily reject the designation. What stakes would being an empire have for our identity at home and our role abroad? A preeminent American historian addresses these issues in light of the history of empires since antiquity. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Questions at the Outsetp. 1
Recurring Structures
Introduction: The Imperial Arenap. 19
What Is an Empire?p. 24
Frontiersp. 78
"Call If Peace"p. 112
America's Turn
Introduction: Highland Park and Hiroshimap. 143
Frontiers and Forces in the Cold Warp. 151
An Empire of Productionp. 191
An Empire of Consumptionp. 238
Afterword: The Vase of Urukp. 285
Tablesp. 297
Notesp. 301
Acknowledgmentsp. 347
Indexp. 351
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