What is America? : a short history of the new world order / Ronald Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Ronald, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History.

United States.

United States--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Cambridge, MA] : Da Capo Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Following his international bestseller, A Short History of Progress, Ronald Wright provokes once again, as he explores the oldest American myth: the endless frontier

Contents:

Contents; Author's Foreword - 1; 1 . The New World Order - 9; 2. Loot, Labour and Land - 19; 3. Very Well Peopled and Towned - 47; 4. Religion and Profit Jump Together - 61; 5. White Savages - 95; 6. Manifest Destiny - 133; 7 . A Sort of Empire - 169; 8. The Winds of Fear - 191; 9. The World's Best Hope - 217; Notes - 227; Bibliography - 329; Acknowledgments - 351; Index - 353

Notes:

"Reprinted by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf Canada".

Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-349) and index.

ISBN:

9780786726066

0786726067

OCLC:

798535041