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Why America is not a new Rome /

An investigation of the America-Rome analogy that goes deeper than the facile comparisons made on talk shows and in glossy magazine articles. America's post-Cold War strategic dominance and its pre-recession affluence inspired pundits to make celebratory comparisons to ancient Rome at its most...

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Main Author: Smil, Vaclav
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Power (Social sciences) > United States.
Power (Social sciences) > Rome.
World politics > 21st century.
Comparative civilization.
United States > Civilization.
United States > Foreign relations.
United States > Economic conditions.
United States > Social conditions.
Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780262283885
0262283883
9780262288293
026228829X
0262195933
9780262195935
1282541986
9781282541986
9786612541988
6612541989
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part 1 America as a New Rome?
  • I Nihil Novi Sub Sole
  • Part 2 Why America Is Not a New Rome
  • II Empires, Powers, Limits
  • III Knowledge, Machines, Energy
  • IV Life, Death, Wealth
  • Part 3 Why Comparisons Fail
  • V Historical Analogies and Their (Lack of) Meaning
  • Notes
  • References
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index

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