Title Designs on empire : America's rise to power in the age of European imperialism / Andrew Priest

Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 290 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction: The challenge of the American empire -- The United States and European empires -- France and the Mexican Intervention -- Spain and the Ten Years' War in Cuba -- Britain and the occupation of Egypt -- Germany and the Berlin West Africa Conference -- Conclusion Summary "In the eyes of both contemporaries and historians, the United States became an empire in 1898. By taking possession of Cuba and the Philippines, the nation seemed to have reached a watershed moment in its rise to power-spurring arguments over whether it should be a colonial power at all. However, the questions that emerged in the wake of 1898 built on long-standing and far-reaching debates over America's place in the world. Andrew J. Priest offers a new understanding of the roots of American empire that foregrounds the longer history of perceptions of European powers. He traces the development of American thinking about European imperialism in the years after the Civil War, before the United States embarked on its own overseas colonial projects. Designs on Empire examines responses to Napoleon III's intervention in Mexico, Spain and the Ten Years' War in Cuba, Britain's occupation of Egypt, and the carving up of Africa at the Berlin Conference. Priest shows how observing and interacting with other empires shaped American understandings of the international environment and their own burgeoning power. He highlights ambivalence among American elites regarding empire as well as the prevalence of notions of racial hierarchy. While many deplored the way powerful nations dominated others, others saw imperial projects as the advance of civilization, and even critics often felt a closer affinity with European imperialists than colonized peoples"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 04, 2022) Subject Imperialism. Elite (Social sciences) -- United States -- Attitudes Public opinion -- United States HISTORY / United States / 19th Century Diplomatic relations Elite (Social sciences) -- Attitudes Imperialism Public opinion SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058 Europe -- Foreign relations -- Public opinion, American Europe -- Foreign relations -- United States United States -- Foreign relations -- Europe Subject Europe United States Form Electronic book LC no. 2020056828 ISBN 0231552173 9780231552172

Other Titles America's rise to power in the age of European imperialism

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