American Umpire

Name: American Umpire
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ISBN: 9780674055476

ISBN-10: 0674055470

ISBN-13: 9780674055476

Edition: 2013

Authors: Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman

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Commentators frequently call the United States an empire: occasionally a benign empire, sometimes an empire in denial, and often a destructive empire. Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman asserts instead that, because of its unusual federal structure, America has performed the role of umpire since 1776, compelling adherence to rules that gradually earned collective approval.This provocative reinterpretation traces America’s role in the world from the days of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt to the present. Cobbs Hoffman argues that the United States has been the pivot of a transformation that began outside its borders and before its founding, in which nation-states replaced…

Book details

List price: $43.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/4/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.33" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English