e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Title Starts with...
Title Keyword(s)
Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)
Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)
Subject Starts with...
Subject Keyword(s)
Series Starts with...
Series Keyword(s)
Anyword/Anywhere
List Name Keyword(s)
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
Choice Review
Publisher Weekly Review
Table of Contents
More Content
More by this author
Bulmer-Thomas, V.
Subjects
Land settlement -- United States -- Historiography.
Imperialism.
United States -- Foreign relations.
United States -- Territorial expansion -- Political aspects.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Bulmer-Thomas, V.
by title:
Empire in retreat : ...
by call number:
325.320973 B938e
Search the Web
Bulmer-Thomas, V.
Land settlement -- United States -- Historiography.
Imperialism.
United States -- Foreign relations.
United States -- Territorial expansion -- Political aspects.
MARC Display
Empire
in
retreat
: the
past
,
present
, and
future
of the
United
States
/ Victor Bulmer-Thomas.
by
Bulmer-Thomas, V.
Yale University Press, 2018.
Call #:
325.320973 B938e
Subjects
Land settlement --
United
States
-- Historiography.
Imperialism.
United
States
-- Foreign relations.
United
States
-- Territorial expansion -- Political aspects.
ISBN:
9780300210002 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Past
,
present
, and
future
of the
United
States
Description:
xx, 459 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-444) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I The territorial
empire
-- One Continental expansion -- Two Mexico and Central America -- Three Africa and the Pacific -- Four The Caribbean -- Part II The semiglobal
empire
-- Five Institutions -- Six Nonstate actors -- Seven The
empire
in action -- Eight The unipolar moment -- Part III The
empire
in
retreat
-- Nine Anti-imperialism in the
United
States
-- Ten The US economy -- Eleven The decline of leadership -- Twelve Hegemony under threat.
Summary:
A sweeping history of the
United
States
through the lens of empire-and an incisive look forward as the nation retreats from the global stage. A respected authority on international relations and foreign policy, Victor Bulmer-Thomas offers a grand survey of the
United
States
as an
empire
. From its territorial expansion after independence, through hegemonic rule following World War II, to the nation's current imperial
retreat
, the
United
States
has had an uneasy relationship with the idea of itself as an
empire
. In this book Bulmer-Thomas offers three definitions of empire-territorial, informal, and institutional-that help to explain the nation's
past
and forecast a
future
in which the
United
States
will cease to play an imperial role. Arguing that the move toward diminished geopolitical dominance reflects the aspirations of most U.S. citizens, he asserts that imperial
retreat
does not necessarily mean national decline and may ultimately strengthen the nation-state. At this pivotal juncture in American history, Bulmer-Thomas's uniquely global perspective will be widely read and discussed across a range of fields.
Holds:
0
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Central Library
Adult Nonfiction
325.320973 B938e
Adult books
Adult Display 1
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.