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100	1		_aWilliams, William Appleman _d1921-1990
245	1	0	_aThe roots of the modern American empire : _ba study of the growth and shaping of social consciousness in a marketplace society / _cBy William Appleman Williams.
260			_aNew York : _bVintage Books, _c1976.
300			_aXXIV, 547 p. ; _c20 cm.
440		0	_aVintage books _vV-651
500			_aFor William Best Hesseltine and Harvey Goldberg with deeply affectionate gratitude for their friendship, and with great respect for their wisdom and courage
504			_aBibliogr.:p.455-460; notes:p. 461-526; index:p.527-546
505	0		_aCont.: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.
650	1	4	_aHistory _zUnited States of America _914093
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