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The American school of empire

Larkin, Edward, 1968- author

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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.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Imperialism History. / Imperialism Philosophy. / Politics and culture United States History. / Politics and literature United States History. / Art Political aspects United States History. / United States Foreign relations 1775-1783. / United States Foreign relations 1783-1815. / United States Territorial expansion History. / United States Territorial expansion Philosophy.
• ISBN: 9781107140202

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
E310.7.L37 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE