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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... regional transfers , between 1785 and 1800 these seem to have consisted in substantial net flows away from New Spain ( today's Mexico ) and into the Rio de la Plata area ( today's Argentina and Uruguay ) , where locally raised revenues ...
... regional hegemony and an opportunity to hone diplomatic and legal skills in a wider arena than the Pan - American conferences and , some might say , without Yankees or Argentines lording it around them . " This said , disenchantment set ...
... regional balancing . If , as many political scientists have argued , balanc- ing against an emergent hegemon is the universal norm in international relations , then how on earth did the United States get so out of hand ? With the ...