AMERICA’S NEW EMPIRE: THE 1890S AND BEYOND

Book ID/图书代码： 13149010B37777

English Summary/英文概要： In this volume, Hamilton deals with some of the antecedents and the outcome of the Spanish-American war, specifically, the acquisition of an American empire. It critiques the ’progressive’ view of those events, questioning the notion that businessmen (and compliant politicians) aggressively sought new markets, particularly those of Asia. Hamilton shows that United States’ exports continued to go, predominantly, to the major European nations. The progressive tradition has focused on empire, specifically on the Philippines depicted as a stepping stone to the China market. Hamilton shows that the Asian market remained minuscule in the following decades, and that other historical works have neglected the most important change in the nation’s trade pattern, the growth of the Canada market, which two decades after the 1898 war, became the United States’ largest foreign market. The book begins with a review and criticism of the basic assumptions of the progressive framework. These are, first, that the nation is ruled by big business (political leaders being compliant co-workers). Second, that those businessmen are zealous profit seekers. And third, that they are well-informed rational decision-makers. A further underlying assumption is that the economy was not functioning well in the 1890s and that a need for new markets was recognized as an urgent necessity, so that big business, accordingly, demanded world power and empire. Each of these assumptions, pivotal elements in the dominant progressive tradition in historical writing, is challenged, with an alternative viewpoint presented. Hamilton presents a different, more complex view of the events following the Spanish-American War. The class-dominance theory is not supported. The alternative argued here, elitism, proves appropriate and more useful. This review and assessment of arguments about American expansion in the 1890s adds much to the literature of the period.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在这册书里，汉密尔顿讲的是西班牙和美国战争前事和后事，尤其是美国帝国称号的由来。它评论了这些重大事件的进步性观点，质疑了商人勇猛抓住新市场，尤其是亚洲市场的概念。汉密尔顿表示，美国出口还在持续升温，大多运往欧洲的几个主要国家。进步性传统把重点放在帝国，尤其是菲律宾，将其勾画成进入中国市场的垫脚石。汉密尔顿认为亚洲市场在接下来的几十年都不会有巨大变化，其他历史作品已经忽略了国家贸易模式最重要的变化、加拿大市场的发展，20年之后的1898年战争成为美国有史以来最大的外国市场。本书用先进的框架包装下的基础概念的评论和批评开篇。首先，是说国家由大宗生意统治（政治要人加盟）。其次，生意人都是狂热的利益汲取者。其三，他们是很好的决策者。还有一个更进一步的假设尚未正常发挥其在19世纪90年代的作用的经济，新市场的需要被看做是必要，因而大生意统治了世界权力和帝国。每一个假设，在这个历史作品中，主导进步性传统下，受到了挑战，给出了不同的观点。汉密尔顿提出的观点更加复杂。阶级为主的理论不再受用。杰出人物统治比较好理解。这个关于美国扩张的评论和评估增加了这段时期的文学性。(兼职翻译-XJJ)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 理查德•F•汉密尔顿（Richard F. Hamilton），俄亥俄州立大学社会学和政治科学荣誉退休教授。他写有12本书和70篇文章，大多数涉及的都是精英人士、大众政治以及它们之间的联系。

Richard F. Hamilton is emeritus professor of sociology and political science at The Ohio State University. He has written twelve books and seventy articles, mostly dealing with elite and mass politics and their interconnections.

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