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1 online resource |
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"The American School of Empire considers how an American idea of empire evolved in the 1790s and would shape and be shaped by the literature and art of the early US. Hamilton's introductory essay suggests that empire was as important to the foundation of the US as concepts like democracy, freedom, nation, and republic. This book thus begins from the premise that the history of empire in the United States can be traced back to the inception of the country, if not earlier. It contends that the United States was conceived as an empire, culturally, politically, and legally. Empire, as a broad theory for organizing not only the state but also the understanding of difference and the relationship to space, in other words, was a crucial conceptual frame shaping the culture of the early US"--Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nation and empire in the early United States -- The cosmopolitan revolution : loyalism and the fiction of an American nation -- The painterly form of empire : West, Copley and late eighteenth century Anglo-American history painting -- Between empires : the Old World, the frontier, and the expansion of the United States. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783.
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United States. |
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International relations. |
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1775-1783 |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1783-1815.
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1783-1815 |
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Imperialism -- History.
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Imperialism. |
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History. |
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Imperialism -- Philosophy.
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Imperialism -- Philosophy. |
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United States -- Territorial expansion -- History.
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United States -- Territorial expansion -- Philosophy.
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Politics and culture -- United States -- History.
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Territorial expansion. |
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Politics and literature -- United States -- History.
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Politics and literature. |
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Art -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
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Art -- Political aspects. |
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Philosophy. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. |
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Politics and culture. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. |
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Diplomatic relations. |
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1775-1815 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Larkin, Edward, 1968- American school of empire. New York NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016 9781107140202 (DLC) 2016039096 |
| ISBN |
9781107140202 |
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110714020X |
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9781108114677 |
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1108114679 |
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9781107140202 (hardback) |
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9781316492611 |
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1316492613 |
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9781316505793 (paperback) |
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