Transnational Nation by Ian Tyrrell
US history is increasingly being studied in a global context, and no study of world history or transnational history can fail to take into account the impact of the US. This essential volume challenges the tendency to see the US as a product of mainly internal political and economic forces which stress American difference from the larger world. Covering the period from 1789 to the time of 9/11 and its aftermath, Ian Tyrrell argues that the shaping of the United States was part of wider economic, social, cultural and political processes, such as: - political democracy - reform movements - economic development - migration - the rise of the nation state - American cultural expansion abroad - imperialism - the dramatic impacts of war and revolutions. Tyrrell explains that the US did not grow in isolation from the forces of globalization and other transnational pressures; rather, the nation has had an uneasy relationship with the rest of the world, in which key movements and institutions promoted globalizing processes while, at the same time, preserving and developing American distinctiveness. Examining the contemporary legacy of these enduring tensions for post-war America, this stimulating study offers readers a fresh, comparative perspective on the relationship between events and movements in the US and wider world.
IAN TYRRELL is Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His teaching and research interests include American history, environmental history, comparative women's history and historiography. His previous publications include Historians in Public: The Practice of American History, 1890-1970 (2005).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781403993687 |
| ISBN 10 | 1403993688 |
| Title | Transnational Nation |
| Author | Ian Tyrrell |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Palgrave USA |
| Year published | 2007-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
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