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03422aam a2200433 i 4500 001 ABC46C3C25A111EC99F17AB23DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211005010046 008 201217s2021 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020056827 020 $a 0231197454 020 $a 9780231197458 020 $a 0231197446 020 $a 9780231197441 035 $a (OCoLC)1226172894 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e------ $a e------ 050 00 $a E183.7 P75 2021 100 1 $a Priest, Andrew, $e author. 245 10 $a Designs on empire : $b America's rise to power in the age of European imperialism / $c Andrew Priest. 246 30 $a America's rise to power in the age of European imperialism 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xi, 290 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: The challenge of the American empire -- The United States and European empires -- France and the Mexican Intervention -- Spain and the Ten Years' War in Cuba -- Britain and the occupation of Egypt -- Germany and the Berlin West Africa Conference -- Conclusion. 520 $a "In the eyes of both contemporaries and historians, the United States became an empire in 1898. By taking possession of Cuba and the Philippines, the nation seemed to have reached a watershed moment in its rise to power-spurring arguments over whether it should be a colonial power at all. However, the questions that emerged in the wake of 1898 built on long-standing and far-reaching debates over America's place in the world. Andrew J. Priest offers a new understanding of the roots of American empire that foregrounds the longer history of perceptions of European powers. He traces the development of American thinking about European imperialism in the years after the Civil War, before the United States embarked on its own overseas colonial projects. Designs on Empire examines responses to Napoleon III's intervention in Mexico, Spain and the Ten Years' War in Cuba, Britain's occupation of Egypt, and the carving up of Africa at the Berlin Conference. Priest shows how observing and interacting with other empires shaped American understandings of the international environment and their own burgeoning power. He highlights ambivalence among American elites regarding empire as well as the prevalence of notions of racial hierarchy. While many deplored the way powerful nations dominated others, others saw imperial projects as the advance of civilization, and even critics often felt a closer affinity with European imperialists than colonized peoples"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations. 651 0 $a Europe $x Public opinion, American. $x Public opinion, American. 651 0 $a Europe $x Foreign relations $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Europe. 650 0 $a Imperialism. 650 0 $a Elite (Social sciences) $z United States $x Attitudes. 650 0 $a Public opinion $z United States. 776 08 $i Online version : $a Priest, Andrew, $t Designs on empire $d New York : Columbia University Press, [2021] $z 9780231552172 $w (DLC) 2020056828 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20221005020258.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=ABC46C3C25A111EC99F17AB23DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search