![]() | GLOBAL DAWN: The Cultural Foundation of American Internationalism, 1865–1890 Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- 1865–1898; Internationalism -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Civilization -- 1865–1918; National characteristics American -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th cen; Why did the United States become a global power? Frank Ninkovich shows that a cultural predisposition for thinking in global terms blossomed in the late nineteenth century, making possible the rise to world power as American liberals of the time took a wide-ranging interest in the world. At the center of their attention was the historical process they called "civilization," whose most prominent features--a global economy, political democracy, and a global culture--anticipated what would later come to be known as globalization. |
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