America's New Empire: The 1890s and Beyond

by Richard F. Hamilton

In this volume, Hamilton deals with some of the antecedents and the outcome of the Spanish-American war, specifically, the acquisition of an American empire. It critiques the "progressive" view of those events, questioning the notion that businessmen (and compliant politicians) aggressively sought new markets, particularly those of Asia. Hamilton shows that United States' exports continued to go, predominantly, to the major European nations. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412813204
• ISBN13: 9781412813204
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"