TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maier,Charles S.
TI  - Among Empires: American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors
SN  - 9780674040458
AV  - E183 
U1  - 325/.320973 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - Imperialism-History
KW  - Imperialism-Case studies
KW  - United States-Foreign relations-19th century
KW  - United States-Foreign relations-20th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Prologue: Questions at the Outset -- Part one: Recurring Structures -- Introduction: The Imperial Arena -- 1. What Is an Empire? -- 2. Frontiers -- 3. "Call It Peace" -- Part two: America's Turn -- Introduction: Highland Park and Hiroshima -- 4. Frontiers and Forces in the Cold War -- 5. An Empire of Production -- 6. An Empire of Consumption -- Afterword: The Vase of Uruk -- Tables -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
N2  - Maier examines the structure and impact of empires and asks whether the U.S. shares their traits and behavior. He outlines the essentials of empire throughout history, then explores the exercise of U.S. power in the 19th and 20th centuries. With dispassion and clarity, this book offers bold comparisons and an original account of American power
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