State, Market and Colonization: Notes on Empire in Nineteenth-Century U.S. History

The essay offers a critical overview of recent historiographies on the nineteenth-century United States that allows on the one hand to grasp the imperial and colonial character of U.S. nineteenth-century territorial expansion, on the other hand, it accounts for nineteenth-century U.S. industrial gro...

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Main Author: Matteo Rossi
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Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2020-11-01
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Online Access:https://usabroad.unibo.it/article/view/11642
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spelling doaj-6bb1814c7a224aff8f5c6e60168e7dd42020-11-25T04:07:03ZengUniversity of BolognaUSAbroad2611-27522020-11-0131S455710.6092/issn.2611-2752/116429941State, Market and Colonization: Notes on Empire in Nineteenth-Century U.S. HistoryMatteo RossiThe essay offers a critical overview of recent historiographies on the nineteenth-century United States that allows on the one hand to grasp the imperial and colonial character of U.S. nineteenth-century territorial expansion, on the other hand, it accounts for nineteenth-century U.S. industrial growth and market building both as a quest for independence on the world market and as an expansive imperial process. In this respect, an understanding of colonization and industry as the two driving forces of nineteenth-century U.S. history can prove crucial for a comprehensive interpretation of Friedrich List's and Henry Charles Carey's national project for capitalist development.https://usabroad.unibo.it/article/view/11642american empirecolonizationstatecapitalismnational economy
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title State, Market and Colonization: Notes on Empire in Nineteenth-Century U.S. History
title_short State, Market and Colonization: Notes on Empire in Nineteenth-Century U.S. History
title_full State, Market and Colonization: Notes on Empire in Nineteenth-Century U.S. History
title_fullStr State, Market and Colonization: Notes on Empire in Nineteenth-Century U.S. History
title_full_unstemmed State, Market and Colonization: Notes on Empire in Nineteenth-Century U.S. History
title_sort state, market and colonization: notes on empire in nineteenth-century u.s. history
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publishDate 2020-11-01
description The essay offers a critical overview of recent historiographies on the nineteenth-century United States that allows on the one hand to grasp the imperial and colonial character of U.S. nineteenth-century territorial expansion, on the other hand, it accounts for nineteenth-century U.S. industrial growth and market building both as a quest for independence on the world market and as an expansive imperial process. In this respect, an understanding of colonization and industry as the two driving forces of nineteenth-century U.S. history can prove crucial for a comprehensive interpretation of Friedrich List's and Henry Charles Carey's national project for capitalist development.
topic american empire
colonization
state
capitalism
national economy
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