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The short American century : a postmortem / edited by Andrew J. Bacevich.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.Description: 287 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780674725690
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.91 23
LOC classification:
  • 002 E 169.12 S559 2013
Contents:
Life at the dawn of the American century / Andrew J. Bacevich -- The origins and uses of American hyperpower / David M. Kennedy -- Consuming the American century / Emily S. Rosenberg -- The problem of color and democracy / Nikhil Pal Singh -- Pragmatic realism vs. the American century / T.J. Jackson Lears -- Toward transnationalism / Akira Iriye -- From the American century to globalization / Jeffry A. Frieden -- Illusions of an American century / Walter Lafeber -- The heavenly city of business / Eugene Mccarraher -- Not so different after all / Andrew J. Bacevich.
Summary: Declares "the American century", the name Henry Luce gave to an era of American prosperity beginning in 1941, dead, and collects essays explaining what the American century was and meant, and why many believe it has met a premature demise.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 002 E 169.12 S559 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000112094
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002 E 169.12 M187c 1975 La cultura underground / 002 E 169.12 M376c 2006 De la culture en Amérique / 002 E 169.12 M727m 1980 El modelo desfigurado : los Estados Unidos desde Tocqueville a nuestros dias / 002 E 169.12 S559 2013 The short American century : a postmortem / 002 E 169.12 S631s 1978 La soledad en la sociedad norteamericana / 002 E 169.12 S656t 2013 Time no longer : Americans after the American century / 002 E 169.12 S795a 2009 After America : narratives for the next global age /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Life at the dawn of the American century / Andrew J. Bacevich -- The origins and uses of American hyperpower / David M. Kennedy -- Consuming the American century / Emily S. Rosenberg -- The problem of color and democracy / Nikhil Pal Singh -- Pragmatic realism vs. the American century / T.J. Jackson Lears -- Toward transnationalism / Akira Iriye -- From the American century to globalization / Jeffry A. Frieden -- Illusions of an American century / Walter Lafeber -- The heavenly city of business / Eugene Mccarraher -- Not so different after all / Andrew J. Bacevich.

Declares "the American century", the name Henry Luce gave to an era of American prosperity beginning in 1941, dead, and collects essays explaining what the American century was and meant, and why many believe it has met a premature demise.

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