The roots of the modern American empire : a study of the growth and shaping of social consciousness in a marketplace society / By William Appleman Williams.

For William Best Hesseltine and Harvey Goldberg with deeply affectionate gratitude for their friendship, and with great respect for their wisdom and courage

Bibliogr.:p.455-460; notes:p. 461-526; index:p.527-546

Cont.:1.A survey of the territory. 2.The tradition of expansion undergoes a mutation. 3.Progress,depression and competitive bidding create a coalition for the expansion of the marketplace. 4.The belief in the necessity of expanding the markeplace and the coming of the civil war. 5.Recent enemies share a similar fate and in rising anger confrort the metropolis. 6.Economic troubles intensify existing difficulties and generate a rising demand for larger markets and cheaper transportattion. 7.While the country concentrates on markets and transportation the Metropolis manipulates the monetary system. 8.A massive depression intensifies and extends the movement for overseas market expansion. 9.An export bonanza turns America toward imperialism. 10.The redefinition of the American marketplace and the American security perimeter etc.