While there have been many analyses of american imperialism few have equaled the breadth or insight of america from white settlement to world hegemony which was one of the first books to provide a historical perspective on the origins of the american empire. Get this from a library america the new imperialism from white settlement to world hegemony v g kiernan a major historical account of the evolution of american imperialism the invasion and occupation of iraq have sparked considerable discussion about the nature of american imperialism but most of it . America the new imperialism from white settlement to world hegemony 1978 belongs to this phase of victors writing it is a book written during the cold war and inevitably dated by the passage of time since its publication. Accounts of relations between indians and white settlers readings of the work of melville and whitman analysis of the way money and politics became intertwined among much else inform his convincing and compelling account of how america came to be the global hegemon it is today. Get this from a library america from white settlement to world hegemony v g kiernan a major historical account of the evolution of american imperialism the invasion and occupation of iraq have sparked considerable discussion about the nature of american imperialism but most of it