
Transnational Nation
United States History in Global Perspective Since 1789
Ian Tyrrell(Author)
Palgrave MacMillan (Publisher)
Published on 1. September 2007
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-4039-9367-0 (ISBN)
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Description
US history is increasingly being studied in a global context, and no study of world history or transnational history can fail to take into account the impact of the US. This essential volume challenges the tendency to see the US as a product of mainly internal political and economic forces which stress American difference from the larger world. Covering the period from 1789 to the time of 9/11 and its aftermath, Ian Tyrrell argues that the shaping of the United States was part of wider economic, social, cultural and political processes, such as: - political democracy - reform movements - economic development - migration - the rise of the nation state - American cultural expansion abroad - imperialism - the dramatic impacts of war and revolutions. Tyrrell explains that the US did not grow in isolation from the forces of globalization and other transnational pressures; rather, the nation has had an uneasy relationship with the rest of the world, in which key movements and institutions promoted globalizing processes while, at the same time, preserving and developing American distinctiveness.
Examining the contemporary legacy of these enduring tensions for post-war America, this stimulating study offers readers a fresh, comparative perspective on the relationship between events and movements in the US and wider world.
Examining the contemporary legacy of these enduring tensions for post-war America, this stimulating study offers readers a fresh, comparative perspective on the relationship between events and movements in the US and wider world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Gordonsville
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-9367-0 (9781403993670)
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IAN TYRRELL is Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His teaching and research interests include American history, environmental history, comparative women's history and historiography. His previous publications include Historians in Public: The Practice of American History, 1890-1970 (2005).
Content
Preface Introduction Born in the Struggles of Empires: The American Republic in War and Revolution, 1789-1815 Commerce Pervades the World: Economic Connections and Disconnections The Beacon of Improvement: Political and Social Reform People in Motion: Nineteenth-Century Migration Experiences Unwilling Immigrants and Diaspora Dreams Racial and Ethnic Frontiers America's Civil War and Its World Historical Implications How Culture Travelled: Going Abroad, c. 1865-1914 Building the Nation-state in the Progressive Era: The Transnational Context The Empire That Did Not Know Its Name The New World Order in the Era of Woodrow Wilson Forces of Integration: War and the Coming of the American Century, 1925-1970 Insular Impulses: Limits on International Integration, 1925 to 1970 From the 1970s to New Globalization: American Transnational Power and its Limits, 1971-2001 "Nothing Will Ever Be the Same": 9/11 and the Return of History Further Reading Index