American Empire

English + style Proper noun American Empire The United States of America together with its allies, viewed as having the qualities characteristic of an empire. en 2005 Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. The American Empire? Not so Fast World Policy Journal 22 1 43 The one thing that Noam Chomsky and Paul Wolfowitz might agree upon is the reality of an American Empire. A French-inspired neoclassical style of American furniture and decoration originating from the Empire style introduced during the First French Empire period under Napoleon's rule. en American Homes and Gardens 9 294 August 1912 It need not be so true to style as the furniture intended for a more pretentious house, and the mahogany American Empire furniture, so popular about 1820, will become a farmhouse dwelling. The decoration of remodeled farmhouses Harry Martin Yeomans Coordinate terms en manifest destiny Monroe Doctrine Monroeism en Architecture Imperialism US politics