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Author Katzenstein, Peter J

Title Anglo-America and its Discontents : Civilizational Identities Beyond West and East
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (310 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Anglo-America Andits Discontents; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Preface; 1. The West as Anglo-America: Peter J. Katzenstein; Part I; 2. The project for a new Anglo century: race, space, and global order: Duncan Bell; 3. Anglo-America as global suburbia: the political economy of land and endogenous multiculturalism: Herman Schwartz; Part II; 4. The Imperial Self: a perspective on Anglo-Americafrom South Africa, India, and Ireland: Audie Klotz
5. The search for liberal Anglo-America: from racial supremacy to multicultural politics: Srdjan VuceticPart III; 6. Negotiating Anglo-America: Australia, Canada, and the United States: Louis W. Pauly and Christian Reus-Smit; 7. Diplomatic cultures: multiple Wests and identitiesin US-Canada and US-Mexico Relations: Brian Bow and Arturo Santa-Cruz; 8. Special relationships: Australia and New Zealand inthe Anglo-American world: David MacDonald and Brendon O'Connor; Part IV; 9. Many Wests and polymorphic globalism: Peter J. Katzenstein; References; Index
Summary Anglo-America is a clearly identifiable part of what is commonly referred to as the West. The West exists, this book argues, in the form of multiple traditions that have currency in America, Europe, the Americas, and a few outposts in the Southern hemisphere. Led by the British Empire until the beginning and by the United States since the middle of the twentieth century, Anglo-America has been at the very centre of world politics. Bridging the European and the American West, Anglo-America is distinctive, not unique. These multiple Wests coexist with each other and with other civilizations, as
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Subject Civilization, Western -- 21st century.
East and West.
English-speaking countries -- Civilization
International relations and culture.
World politics -- 21st century.
Civilization, Western
East and West
International relations and culture
World politics
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203126912
0203126912