A America's place in world history Bender, Thomas creator text New York Hill an Wang 2006 First edition monographic 368 p ; Contends that American history must be placed in a global context, explaining that the obstacles being faced by the United States have been overcome in the past by other countries whose examples can impart powerful lessons. 1. The ocean world and the beginnings of American history -- The island world -- Going global -- People from the sea -- Atlantic Creoles -- The plantation complex -- 2. The "Great War" and the American Revolution -- Global empires -- A continuous war, 1754-1783 -- 1783 -- The age of Atlantic revolutions -- A new nation in a dangerous world -- Foreign affairs and partisan politics -- A new nationalism -- 3. Freedom in an age of nation-making -- 1848 -- The birth of new nations -- The federative crisis -- Territoriality and liberal nationalism -- The republican party -- Remembering nationalism and forgetting liberalism -- 4. An empire among empires -- Ahab and empire -- Being the whale -- The rhetoric of empire -- A global strategy -- 1898 -- Revolution and empire -- Making the world safe for empire -- 5. The industrial world and the transformation of liberalism -- The two revolutions and social citizenship -- Paths away from Laissez-Faire -- Professional risk and the moral imagination -- The reform international and the World Wide Web -- Common challenges and local politics -- 6. Global history and America today. Includes index Philosophy Amerikabild E 178 BEN 428 0809095270 9780809095278 0809072351 9780809072354 http://digitool.hbz-nrw.de:1801/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=2092824&custom_att_2=simple_viewer http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=014929311&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=014929311&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=14139 http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=21329 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052808-b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052808-d.html http://digitool.hbz-nrw.de:1801/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=2092824&custom%5Fatt%5F2=simple%5Fviewer http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052808-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052808-d.html http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=014929311&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://digitool.hbz-nrw.de:1801/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=2092824&custom_att_2=simple_viewer http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=014929311&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=014929311&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=14139 http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=21329 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052808-b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052808-d.html http://digitool.hbz-nrw.de:1801/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=2092824&custom%5Fatt%5F2=simple%5Fviewer http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052808-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052808-d.html http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=014929311&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA