Examines how larger global processes have had a role in each stage of American development, how this country's experiences were shared by people elsewhere, and how America's growing influence ultimately changed the world.

This text examines how larger global processes have had a role in each stage of American development, how this country's experiences were shared by people elsewhere, and how America's growing influence ultimately changed the world. By examining American history through a global lens, Carl Guarneri creates a framework that situates specific American events within the larger realm of world history.

Note from the Series EditorsPreface/AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: American History as if the World Mattered (and Vice Versa) American History in Global Perspective World History with America Included The Debate over American Exceptionalism



Beyond Exceptionalism: Settler Societies, Global Economic Systems, and GeopoliticsChapter 1: The New World Frontier in North AmericaWorlds Collide: Native American and European Societies in the Age of ExplorationComparative Perspectives on British ColonialismEcological Imperialism and the Post-Columbian ExchangeChapter 2:
The British Colonies in the Atlantic WorldThe Atlantic System, the Slave Trade, and Colonial SocietyThe Great Frontier and the Great Divergence: America's Impact on EuropeThe "Shot Heard 'Round the (Atlantic) World": The American RevolutionChapter 3:
Making A NationThe United States as a New NationNational Survival on Europe's PeripheryFrontier Expansion in Global ContextComparative Views of Slavery, Civil War, and EmancipationChapter 4:
Industrializing the NationThe American Industrial RevolutionA Nation of Immigrants in a World of MigrantsThe Debate over Socialism in the United StatesThe Rise of the Welfare StateChapter 5:
The Course of American Empire The Course of American EmpireAmerica's Overseas Empire in Comparative PerspectiveToward an American Century: World Wars and Global EngagementChapter 6: Challenges of Empire The Cold War as Global RivalryPostwar American Trends in Global SettingGlobalization and American Empire