The economic Taproot of US imperialism: The Bush rentier shift

International Politics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-318

  Seabrooke, Leonard ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

'Rentier shift'; 'Second image'; Bush administration; Consumption; Economic history; Imperialism; J.A. Hobson; Social liberalism; Taxation; US foreign investment

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GEOPOLITICS; IMPERIALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL HISTORY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5444225265     PISSN: 13845748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ip.8800081     Document Type: Article

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