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In Mass Communication and American Empire, Herbert I. Schiller emphasized the significance of the mass media and cultural industry to American imperialism, [270] arguing that "each new electronic development widens the perimeter of American influence," and declaring that "American power, expressed industrially, militarily and culturally has ...
American Empire is a term relating to the political, economic, military and cultural influence of the United States. The concept of an American empire was first popularized in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War of 1898, although the founding fathers of the American republic also spoke about "empire". [1]
Although Americans were reluctant imperialists, the United States was an important Pacific power after 1898, and American businessmen had inflated ambitions to tap what they thought was the huge Chinese market.
American Empire goes beyond the myth of American exceptionalism to place the United States within the wider context of the global historical forces that shaped the Western empires and the world.
Hopkins places the United States within the sweeping scope of world historical events by tracing the evolution of European empires from their origins as “military-fiscal states” into fully realized modern global empires.
AMERICA’S STRATEGY OF OPENNESS, in place for more than a century, derives from twin convictions widely held by members of the political elite and the foreign policy establishment. The first conviction is that robust and continuing economic growth is an imperative, absolute and unconditional.
A new history of the United States that turns Americanexceptionalism on its head American Empire is apanoramic work of scholarship that presents a bold new glob... Front Matter Download
Book Review: When — If Ever — Did Empire End? Recent Studies of Imperialism and Decolonization
Beginning in 1945, the economic juggernaut awakened by World War II transformed a country once defined by its regional character into a uniform and cohesive power and set the stage for the United...
American presidents like to describe the United States as a force for freedom and independence in the world. Our guest, historian Daniel Immerwahr, says there are also plenty of times in our...