Spreading the American Dream: American Economic and Cultural Expansion, 1890-1945
- ISBN-10
- 1429952253
- ISBN-13
- 9781429952255
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-04-01
- Publisher
- Hill and Wang
- Author
- Emily Rosenberg
Description
In examining the economic and cultural trs that expressed America's expansionist impulse during the first half of the twentieth century, Emily S. Rosenberg shows how U.S. foreign relations evolved from a largely private system to an increasingly public one and how, soon, the American dream became global.
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- 1982-02
- 258 pages
- Paperback
- Macmillan
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- 1982
- 258 pages
- Paperback
- Macmillan
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