The Pattern of Imperialism : the United States, Great Britain, and the Late-Industrializing World Since 1815 / Tony Smith

Smith, Tony (1942-)

ISBN 10: 0521280761 / ISBN 13: 9780521280761

Published by Cambridge, [Eng. ] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1981

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Near fine copy in the original colour-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Spine band very slightly sun-toned. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 308 pages; Description: xi, 308 p. : maps ; 24 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 284-304. Subjects: Imperialism. United States --Foreign relations. Great Britain --Foreign relations --19th century & 20th century. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Pattern of Imperialism : the United States, Great Britain, and the Late-Industrializing World Since 1815 / Tony Smith
• Publisher: Cambridge, [Eng. ] ; New York : Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521280761
• ISBN 13: 9780521280761
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

The principal ambition of this book is to provide an avowedly eclectic, although largely political, explanation of American and British imperialism, as comprehensive and ultimately as unified as that offered by Marxist interpretations. Geopolitical considerations are assumed to be basic (but not exclusive) concerns of foreign policy elites in Britain and the United States; and the ability of people in Latin America, Africa and Asia to coordinate their activities, that is, to act politically, is assumed to be the central (but not sole) feature determining the character of their response to Western imperialism. The book provides profiles of various southern political regimes and categorises their different reactions to the impact of imperialism in the nineteenth century and to the impetus for decolonisation after 1945. The author concludes by considering the dilemma of American policy toward the Third World in the early 1980s, when traditional modes of conduct can no longer prescribe a clear plan of action.

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The Pattern of Imperialism The principal ambition of this book is to provide an explanation of American and British imperialism