Uncle Sam's War of 1898 and the Origins of Globalization

The roots of American globalization can be found in the War of 1898. Then, as today, the United States actively engaged in globalizing its economic order, its political institutions, and its values. Thomas Schoonover argues that this drive to expand political and cultural reach-the quest for wealth, missionary fulfillment, security, power, and prestige-was inherited by the United States from Europe, especially Spain and Great Britain. Uncle Sam's War of 1898 and the Origins of Globalization is a

Author: Thomas D. Schoonover
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 11/28/2003
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.36w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780813122823

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/01/2003 pg. 78
Choice 06/01/2004 pg. 1949

About the Author
Schoonover, Thomas D.: - Thomas D. Schoonover is professor emeritus of history at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the author of eight books, including Uncle Sam's War of 1898 and the Origins of Globalization, The Banana Men, and Germany in Central America.

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