What Is America? : A Short History of the New World Order.
Title:
What Is America? : A Short History of the New World Order.
Author:
Wright, Ronald.
ISBN:
9780786726066
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (385 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Author's Foreword - 1 -- 1 . The New World Order - 9 -- 2. Loot, Labour and Land - 19 -- 3. Very Well Peopled and Towned - 47 -- 4. Religion and Profit Jump Together - 61 -- 5. White Savages - 95 -- 6. Manifest Destiny - 133 -- 7 . A Sort of Empire - 169 -- 8. The Winds of Fear - 191 -- 9. The World's Best Hope - 217 -- Notes - 227 -- Bibliography - 329 -- Acknowledgments - 351 -- Index - 353.
Abstract:
Following his international bestseller, A Short History of Progress, Ronald Wright provokes once again, as he explores the oldest American myth: the endless frontier.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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