The Anarchy of Empire in the Making of U.S. Culture
- ISBN-10
- 0674017595
- ISBN-13
- 9780674017597
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 260
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-03-15
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Amy Kaplan
Description
Kaplan shows how U.S. imperialism--from "Manifest Destiny" to the "American Century"--has profoundly shaped key elements of American culture at home, and how the struggle for power over foreign peoples and places has disrupted the quest for domestic order.
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