The American School of Empire

The American School of Empire

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Publisher's Synopsis

Early American artists and political thinkers wrestled with the challenges of forming a cohesive, if not coherent, culture and political structure to organize the young republic and its diverse peoples. The American School of Empire shows how this American idea of empire emerged through a dialogue with British forms of empire, becoming foundational to how the US organized its government and providing early Americans with the framework for thinking about the relations between states and the disparate peoples and cultures that defined them. Edward Larkin places special emphasis on the forms of the novel and history painting, which were crucial vehicles for the articulation of the American vision of empire in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Book information

ISBN: 9781107140202
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 327.73009033
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 182
Weight: 376g
Height: 162mm
Width: 237mm
Spine width: 18mm