| The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations: Volume 1, the Creation of a Republican Empire, 1776 1865 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Perkins, Bradford (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521483840 ISBN-13: 9780521483841 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $38.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1995 Annotation: In The Creation of a Republican Empire, 1776-1865, Bradford Perkins traces American foreign relations from the colonial era to the end of the Civil War, paying particular attention not only to the diplomatic controversies of the era but also to the origins and development of a uniquely American approach to international relations. The primary purpose of the book is to describe and explain, in the diplomatic context, the process by which the United States was born, transformed into a republican nation, and extended into a continental empire. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 327.73 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6" W x 8.98" (0.84 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Creation of a Republican Empire traces American foreign relations from the colonial era to the end of the Civil War, paying particular attention not only to the diplomatic controversies of the era but also to the origins and development of American thought regarding international relations. The primary purpose of the book is to describe and explain, in the diplomatic context, the process by which the United States was born, transformed into a republican nation, and extended into a continental empire. Central to the story are the events surrounding the American Revolution, the constitutional Convention, the impact on the United States of the European wars touched off by the French Revolution, the Monroe Doctrine, the expansionism of the 1840s, and the ordeal of the Civil War. |
