Eric Louw, P. Louw

Roots of the Pax Americana

Decolonisation, development, democratisation and trade

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating book examines how and why Americans built an informal trading empire and why the British Empire needed to be removed before a Pax Americana could be built. It offers a systematic explanation for the rise of this super empire, and explains in detail how it is governed. -- .

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9780719096686
• ISBN-10: 0719096685
• Artikelnr.: 42092169

Autorenporträt

P. Eric Louw, University of Queensland, previously worked for a number of South African universities, and ran a Non-Government Organisation engaged in development work

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps List of tables List of abbreviations Acknowledgements 1. What
is the Pax Americana? 2. The twentieth-century power-shift 3. Manifest
destiny and the rise of American power 4. The British Empire as obstacle to
American power 5. Planning for a future Pax Americana 6. Promoting
decolonization: de-legitimating European imperial power 7. Getting Britain
to deconstruct its empire 8. Cloning America 1: selling 'development' 9.
Cloning America 2: the German/Japan model 10. Cloning America 3: Hollywood
and Soft Power 11. The Empire strikes back: 9/11 and beyond Maps Select
bibliography Index