since 12/15/98		Columns::November 10, 2003 Weekly Reader Book analyzes early North America In The Americas in the Modern Age, UGA professor emeritus of history Lester Langley offers a fresh interpretation of the $37.50 Yale University Press history of the modern Western hemisphere since the mid-19th century. He evaluates the dynamics of hemispheric history, commencing with the articulation of the “two Americas” (Theodore Roosevelt’s America and the contrasting America described by Cuban revolutionary, essayist and poet José Martí) and culminating with recent controversial efforts to forge a united hemisphere. Tracing the interactions and influences among the nations of South, Central and North America--including Canada--Langley departs from other accounts of the past 150 years. He argues that the seedtime for today’s Americas was not the Cold War but the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He also contends that it is not what the countries and people of the Americas have in common that binds them; instead, their cultural, political and economic conflicts tie them together. Langley provides new insights into the past and the future of the hemisphere. UGA Today supports QuickTime, Flash, RealPlayer and Acrobat Reader (PDF files). Download information about these plug-ins. Affiliate icons for UGA Today COLUMNS ] UGA Today ] Subscribe ] News Bureau ] Office of Public Affairs Directory ] Photo Services ] Broadcast, Video & Photography ] Master Calendar] Columns ] Georgia Magazine ]Visitors Center ] UGA Home ] Alumni ] Admissions ] UGA Directories ] Sports ] Weather ] Search UGA sites ] Columns is produced by the UGA News Service, a unit of UGA Public Affairs. Beth Roberts: Columns editor, Juliett Dinkins: Columns managing editor, Janet Beckley: Columns art director. Peter Frey: Columns photo editor Questions or comments should be directed to columns@uga.edu Copyright 2003 University of Georgia. All rights reserved