The United States and imperialism / Frank Ninkovich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ninkovich, Frank A., 1944-

Series:

Problems in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-imperialist movements.

History.

United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

United States.

International relations.

United States--Territorial expansion.

Territorial expansion.

Imperialism--History--20th century.

Imperialism.

Anti-imperialist movements--United States--History--20th century.

World politics--20th century.

World politics.

Physical Description:

ix, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2001.

Summary:

The United States and Imperialism uses concepts of civilization, identity, the civilizing mission, and cooperation to explain the role of imperialism in American history. The book begins with a survey of the methods and reasons behind America's imperialist drive in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and then outlines the place of imperialism within the broader sweep of modern United States foreign policy. Ninkovich's original analysis of America as an empire shows that imperialism, anti-imperialism, and geopolitics have all played a role in how the United States made decisions about acquiring new territories.

Contents:

Imperialism and national identity in the 1890s

Failed expectations : the civilizing mission in the Philippines

America's Caribbean empire

The modernization of China and the diplomacy of imperialism

Imperialism and anti-imperialism in America's world policies

Beyond imperialism : the empire of modernity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-289) and index.

ISBN:

1577180550

1577180569

OCLC:

44593972