Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVolume VII
- The Cambridge World History
- Production, Destruction, and Connection, 1750–Present
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Production, destruction, and connection, 1750–present: introduction
- Part I Material matrices
- Part II Population and disease
- Part III Politics
- Part IV World regions
- 18 The Middle East in world history since 1750
- 19 East Asia in world history, 1750–21st century
- 20 Latin America in world history
- 21 Africa in world history
- 22 The United States in world history since the 1750s
- 23 The economic history of the Pacific
- Index
- References
22 - The United States in world history since the 1750s
from Part IV - World regions
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Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVolume VII
- The Cambridge World History
- Production, Destruction, and Connection, 1750–Present
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Production, destruction, and connection, 1750–present: introduction
- Part I Material matrices
- Part II Population and disease
- Part III Politics
- Part IV World regions
- 18 The Middle East in world history since 1750
- 19 East Asia in world history, 1750–21st century
- 20 Latin America in world history
- 21 Africa in world history
- 22 The United States in world history since the 1750s
- 23 The economic history of the Pacific
- Index
- References
Summary
Connections to global history were deeply embedded from early times in American experience. The United States became the chief beneficiary of that continental struggle and itself became a variety of empire. World history is a broader and more ecumenical concept than 'globalisation', a term that has been criticised for its emphasis on contemporary history, and on unilinear and unidirectional change. The genesis of the US republic is best seen within this context: the contest of the various European empires for control over North America, the Caribbean and the Atlantic economy. The United States was born in an anti-colonial revolt that helped to spark a series of revolutions in the Atlantic world of 1776-1825. The United States was principally a maritime nation at the onset of this period and its foreign trade was vital to economic development. Diseases afflicting African-American slaves were also less prevalent than in the tropical colonies of the Caribbean.
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- The Cambridge World History , pp. 585 - 610Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015
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