ISBN:
9780399588211
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9780399588228
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0399588221
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0399588213
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
201 Seiten
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Illustrations, Karten
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25 cm
Ausgabe:
Random House Trade Paperback edition
DDC:
306.097309048
Schlagwort(e):
Kaplan, Robert D. 1952- Travel
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United States
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Kaplan, Robert D. 1952-
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Since 1980
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Landscapes Social aspects
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United States
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City and town life United States
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Imperialism History
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National characteristics, American
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POLITICAL SCIENCE Geopolitics
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City and town life
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Diplomatic relations Philosophy
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Geography
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Imperialism
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Landscapes Social aspects
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National characteristics, American
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Territorial expansion
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City and town life
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Imperialism History
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American national characteristics
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United States Description and travel
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United States Social conditions
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1980-
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United States Territorial expansion
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United States Foreign relations
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Philosophy
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United States
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USA
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Landschaft
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Außenpolitik
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Wirtschaftsimperialismus
Kurzfassung:
"As a boy, Robert Kaplan listened to his truck-driver father tell evocative stories about traveling across America in his youth, travels in which he learned to understand the country literally from the ground up. In Earning the Rockies, Kaplan undertakes his own cross-country journey to recapture an appreciation of American geography often lost in the jet age. Along the way, he witnesses both prosperity and decline--increasingly cosmopolitan cities that thrive on globalization, impoverished towns denuded by the loss of manufacturing--and paints a bracingly clear picture of America today. Kaplan lays bare the roots of American greatness--the fact that we are a nation, empire, and continent all at once--and how westward expansion shaped our national character, and should shape our foreign policy"--Provided by publisher
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183) and index
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