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Author Larkin, Edward, 1968- author.

Title The American school of empire / Edward Larkin (University of Delaware)
Published New York NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016

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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
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Subject Imperialism -- History
Imperialism -- Philosophy
Politics and culture -- United States -- History
Politics and literature -- United States -- History
Art -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Imperialism -- Philosophy
Art -- Political aspects
Diplomatic relations
Imperialism
Politics and culture
Politics and literature
Territorial expansion
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140061
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1783-1815. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140062
United States -- Territorial expansion -- History
United States -- Territorial expansion -- Philosophy
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016056570
ISBN 9781107140202
110714020X
9781108114677
1108114679