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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... compared to other American states , to erstwhile ' world empires ' such as Rome or China , or to states that were great powers not so long ago or might now be thought aspirants to that status , such as France , Russia and Britain on the ...
... compared with 30 per cent in Canada , 11 per cent in France , 12 per cent in Japan . ( Britain , in this as in so many aspects of life , was closest to the USA of the European countries surveyed , with 33 per cent . compared with ...
... compared with three per cent in France.61 Setting aside these doubts there are clear indications that murder and violent crime are concentrated especially in American cities , north and south , and are especially prevalent in low ...