Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Nation and empire in the early United States -- The cosmopolitan revolution : loyalism and the fiction of an American nation -- The painterly form of empire : West, Copley and late eighteenth century Anglo-American history painting -- Between empires : the Old World, the frontier, and the expansion of the United States |
Summary |
"The American School of Empire considers how an American idea of empire evolved in the 1790s and would shape and be shaped by the literature and art of the early US. Hamilton's introductory essay suggests that empire was as important to the foundation of the US as concepts like democracy, freedom, nation, and republic. This book thus begins from the premise that the history of empire in the United States can be traced back to the inception of the country, if not earlier. It contends that the United States was conceived as an empire, culturally, politically, and legally. Empire, as a broad theory for organizing not only the state but also the understanding of difference and the relationship to space, in other words, was a crucial conceptual frame shaping the culture of the early US"--Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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Imperialism -- History
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Imperialism -- Philosophy
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Politics and culture -- United States -- History
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Politics and literature -- United States -- History
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Art -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Imperialism -- Philosophy
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Art -- Political aspects
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Diplomatic relations
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Imperialism
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Politics and culture
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Politics and literature
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Territorial expansion
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140061
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1783-1815.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140062
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United States -- Territorial expansion -- History
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United States -- Territorial expansion -- Philosophy
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Subject |
United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2016056570 |
ISBN |
9781107140202 |
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110714020X |
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9781108114677 |
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1108114679 |
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