Charles Austin Beard the return of the master historian of American imperialism

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Drake, Richard, 1942- autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press 2018
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the Beardian interpretation of American history
  • Discovering the economic taproot of imperialism
  • Two contrasting progressive views of the Great War
  • Becoming a revisionist
  • Washington and Wall Street working together for war
  • Isolationism versus internationalism
  • A wartime trilogy
  • Waging war for the four freedoms
  • Beard finds an ally in Herbert Hoover
  • Attacking "the Saint"
  • Defending Beard after the fall
  • Beard's philosophy of history and American imperialism
  • Conclusion : the sad historian of the pensive plain.