Dominion from Sea to Sea : Pacific Ascendancy and American Power / Bruce Cumings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cumings, Bruce, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pacific States--History.

Pacific States.

Pacific States--Civilization.

Pacific States--Economic conditions.

United States--Relations--Pacific Area.

United States.

Pacific Area--Relations--United States.

Pacific Area.

United States--Territorial expansion.

United States--Historical geography.

United States--Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (608 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

America is the first world power to inhabit an immense land mass open at both ends to the world's two largest oceans-the Atlantic and the Pacific. This gives America a great competitive advantage often overlooked by Atlanticists, whose focus remains overwhelmingly fixed on America's relationship with Europe. Bruce Cumings challenges the Atlanticist perspective in this innovative new history, arguing that relations with Asia influenced our history greatly.Cumings chronicles how the movement westward, from the Middle West to the Pacific, has shaped America's industrial, technological, military, and global rise to power. He unites domestic and international history, international relations, and political economy to demonstrate how technological change and sharp economic growth have created a truly bicoastal national economy that has led the world for more than a century. Cumings emphasizes the importance of American encounters with Mexico, the Philippines, and the nations of East Asia. The result is a wonderfully integrative history that advances a strong argument for a dual approach to American history incorporating both Atlanticist and Pacificist perspectives.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I. A Frontier of the Mind

PART II. From Sea to Shining Sea: Manifest Destiny

PART III. Pacific States, New England Peoples

PART IV. ''A Crust of the Earth'' Protean California

PART V. A Tipping Point

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

1-299-46396-7

0-300-15497-6

OCLC:

841171252