American CivilizationInstitute for the Study of the Americas, 2007 - 105 páginas This thought-provoking book demonstrates that, far from being a unique entity, the United States is the most American of nations. It shares with its neighbors to the south an aspiration for equal opportunities and freedoms in a society both defined and divided by race. As Charles A. Jones points out, the United States is distinguished from its neighbors chiefly by the greater material capabilities it has been able to apply to this historic task. Although it is sometimes regarded as Western, Jones points out the extremes to which the United States differs from Western Europe: from distinctive levels and styles of religiosity to public violence to respect for law to concern with material accumulation. These traits, far from constituting a claim to exceptionality, bind the U.S. firmly to the rest of the American hemisphere. In fact, Jones argues, it was separated only by the strange accident of historiography that created a Latin America little more than a century ago. He projects that these perceived differences between the United States and its southern neighbors will fade in the near future, and looks forward to a truly inclusive America. |
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... Argentina because of its proximity , was not solely an American question , since by 1950 the seven states claiming sover- eignty in the region included Britain , while several other states with no claims to sovereignty had nevertheless ...
... Argentina and the United Kingdom , Argentina and Chile found it possible to suspend ( but in no way relinquish ! ) their territorial claims during the life of the treaty . Secondly , at a time when Latin American resentment of the ...
... Argentina and Brazil , have never come close . 187 Traditional International Relations scholarship , committed to balancing as a systemic norm , might regard the lack of a regional balance of power system in the Americas as exceptional ...