02274cam a22004094a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069035001300087035002400100040001800124041000800142042000800150043001200158050002800170082001500198245008000213260005700293300002100350504005100371505057600422520024400998600005601242650004001298650004701338650004101385650005701426651004701483651005201530651005401582651004501636651005101681651005601732651005201788700002401840BJBSDDR20230404125751.0ta110817s2013    mau      b    001 0 eng    a9780674725690  a16924178  a(OCoLC)ocn747331941  aDLCbengcDLC  aspa  apcc  an-us---14a002 E 169.12bS559 201300a973.9122304aThe short American century :ba postmortem /cedited by Andrew J. Bacevich.  aCambridge, Mass. :bHarvard University Press,c2013.  a287 p. ;c22 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aLife at the dawn of the American century / Andrew J. Bacevich -- The origins and uses of American hyperpower / David M. Kennedy -- Consuming the American century / Emily S. Rosenberg -- The problem of color and democracy / Nikhil Pal Singh -- Pragmatic realism vs. the American century / T.J. Jackson Lears -- Toward transnationalism / Akira Iriye -- From the American century to globalization / Jeffry A. Frieden -- Illusions of an American century / Walter Lafeber -- The heavenly city of business / Eugene Mccarraher -- Not so different after all / Andrew J. Bacevich.  aDeclares "the American century", the name Henry Luce gave to an era of American prosperity beginning in 1941, dead, and collects essays explaining what the American century was and meant, and why many believe it has met a premature demise.10aLuce, Henry Robinson,d1898-1967tAmerican century. 0aNational characteristics, American. 0aCivilization, ModernxAmerican influences. 0aPolitics and culturezUnited States. 0aSocial valueszUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century. 0aUnited StatesxCivilizationy20th century. 0aUnited StatesxSocial conditionsy20th century. 0aUnited StatesxEconomic conditionsy20th century. 4aEstados UnidosxCivilizaciónySiglo XX 4aEstados UnidosxCondiciones socialesySiglo XX 4aEstados UnidosxCondiciones económicasySiglo 20. 0aUnited StatesxForeign relationsy20th century.1 aBacevich, Andrew J.