American Empire

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A Global History

By A. G. Hopkins

Series: America in the World

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American Empire by A. G. Hopkins provides a sweeping global perspective on U.S. history from the colonial era to the present. Challenging the myth of American exceptionalism, it shows how the US and Western Europe shared similar paths and highlights America's prolonged dependency on Britain and Europe into the 19th century, situating the nation within wider global imperial forces.
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This book appeals to readers interested in history, particularly those who appreciate a global context on US and Western empires. It suits academics, students, and general readers seeking a nuanced challenge to traditional narratives of American exceptionalism.

"Compelling, provocative, and learned. This book is a stunning and sophisticated reevaluation of the American empire. Hopkins tells an old story in a truly new way--American history will never be the same again."--Jeremi Suri, author of The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office.Office.

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A new history of the United States that turns American exceptionalism on its head, American Empire is a panoramic work of scholarship that presents a bold new global perspective on the history of the United States.

Taking readers from the colonial era to today, A. G. Hopkins shows how, far from diverging, the United States and Western Europe followed similar trajectories throughout this long period, and how America's dependency on Britain and Europe extended much later into the nineteenth century than previously understood.

A sweeping narrative spanning three centuries, American Empire goes beyond the myth of American exceptionalism to place the United States within the wider context of the global historical forces that shaped Western empires and the world.

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ISBN: 9780691196879

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 August 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Illustration: 3 tables. 8 maps.

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 1008

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A. G. Hopkins American & Canadian History History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Series: America in the World

About the Author

A. G. Hopkins is Emeritus Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History at the University of Cambridge and former Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. His books include Global History, Globalization in World History, and British Imperialism, 16882015.

American Empire