The New Empire: Analysis of U.S. Expansion from 1860 to 1898

Walter LaFeber's 'The New Empire' presents an argument that economic causes were primary forces propelling American expansion between 1860 and 1898. The work, a Beveridge Award-winning study, probes American diplomacy in the late nineteenth century to document economic pressure on foreign policy. This thirty-fifth anniversary edition is published by Cornell University Press and includes a new preface by the author.

Use Cases

• Analyzing arguments about economic causes of expansion based on the book's thesis.
• Studying interpretations of late 19th-century American diplomacy based on the described historical analysis.
• Examining critiques of idealism in foreign policy based on the referenced arguments.
• Researching the intersection of markets and diplomacy based on the documented economic pressures.

Strengths

• Authored by a distinguished historian, Walter LaFeber.
• Award-winning study (Beveridge Award).
• Thirty-fifth anniversary edition with a new author preface.
• Published by an academic press (Cornell University Press).

Limitations

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• Data may reflect temporal and thematic bias inherent to a single historical interpretation.

Provenance

Source

Walter LaFeber / Cornell University Press

Collection Method

Historical research and analysis.

Time Range

1860-1898

Geography

United States (international relations)