Author : Paul A. Varg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015010483132
New England And Foreign Relations 1789 1850
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Dangerous Nation
Author : Robert Kagan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780375724916
Dangerous Nation by Robert Kagan Pdf
Most Americans believe the United States had been an isolationist power until the twentieth century. This is wrong. In a riveting and brilliantly revisionist work of history, Robert Kagan, bestselling author of Of Paradise and Power, shows how Americans have in fact steadily been increasing their global power and influence from the beginning. Driven by commercial, territorial, and idealistic ambitions, the United States has always perceived itself, and been seen by other nations, as an international force. This is a book of great importance to our understanding of our nation’s history and its role in the global community.
Paths to Power
Author : Michael J. Hogan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0521664136
Paths to Power by Michael J. Hogan Pdf
Paths to Power includes essays on US foreign relations from the founding of the nation though the outbreak of World War II. Essays by leading historians review the literature on American diplomacy in the early Republic and in the age of Manifest Destiny, on American imperialism in the late nineteenth century and in the age of Roosevelt and Taft, on war and peace in the Wilsonian era, on foreign policy in the Republican ascendancy of the 1920s, and on the origins of World War II in Europe and the Pacific. The result is a comprehensive assessment of the current literature, helpful suggestions for further research, and a useful primer for students and scholars of American foreign relations.
A Handbook Of American Diplomacy
Author : Jerry K. Sweeney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429710506
A Handbook Of American Diplomacy by Jerry K. Sweeney Pdf
This work is concerned with the diplomatic history of the United States since the first settlers set foot on the shores of the continent. It is a handbook to serve a general public interested in American diplomacy as well as students engaged in course work in that area.
Crucible of Power
Author : Howard Jones
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442208889
Crucible of Power by Howard Jones Pdf
Crucible of Power: A History of American Foreign Relations to 1913 presents a straightforward, balanced, and comprehensive history of American international relations from the American Revolution to 1913. Howard Jones demonstrates the complexities of the decision-making process that led to the rise and decline of the United States (relative to the ascent of other nations) in world power status. Howard Jones focuses on the personalities, security interests, and expansionist tendencies behind the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy and highlights the intimate relationship between foreign and domestic policy. This updated edition includes revisions and additions aimed at making the book more attractive to students, teachers, and general readers.
St. Louis and Empire
Author : Henry W Berger
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780809333950
St. Louis and Empire by Henry W Berger Pdf
At first glance, St. Louis, Missouri, seems to have little to do with foreign relations. However, St. Louis, despite its status as an inland river city frequently relegated to the backwaters of national significance, has stood at the crossroads of international matters for much of its history. In this study, Henry W. Berger analyses St. Louis's imperial engagement from its founding in 1764 to the present day.
American Statesmen
Author : Edward Mihalkanin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313063367
American Statesmen by Edward Mihalkanin Pdf
The Secretary of State is in charge of defining and implementing U.S. foreign policy. While that role has weakened some over the past 50 years, a mere roll call of illustrious past Secretaries of State invokes the position's importance. Thomas Jefferson, Henry Kissinger, John Quincy Adams, William Jennings Bryan, Henry Clay, James Madison, George C. Marshall, George Schultz, and Daniel Webster are just a few of the Secretaries profiled within these 65 entries. Arranged A-to-Z, each essay is multifaceted, offering information personal, professional, and political. The majority of each piece deals with foreign policy ideas before he or she became the Secretary, what American foreign policy was like while in office, and the major foreign policy issues during tenure. Each piece concludes with a concise and useful bibliography. A unique look at U.S. foreign policy making and diplomacy through the experience of the person whose job is to craft and implement it. Each secretary's early life and background are included, as is his or her education and influences. Careers before becoming Secretary of State are detailed, as are expressions of ideas relating to U.S. foreign policy prior to appointment. Then the piece examines his tenure in office itself, from appointment as secretary, to relations with the President, Cabinet and Congress. Most importantly the major foreign policy issues of the day are given a thorough going over. Finally the circumstances of leaving office, a post-career summary, and then a general assessment of his or accomplishments and shortcomings as secretary.
All Things Dickinson [2 volumes]
Author : Wendy Martin Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1138 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216044628
All Things Dickinson [2 volumes] by Wendy Martin Ph.D. Pdf
An exciting new reference work that illuminates the beliefs, customs, events, material culture, and institutions that made up Emily Dickinson's world, giving users a glance at both Dickinson's life and times and the social history of America in the 19th century. While Emily Dickinson is one of the most widely studied American poets, some dimensions of her life and work are largely under-appreciated. This book provides the wider context necessary for a more complete understanding of Dickinson, presenting Dickinson's life and times as well as discussion of her poetry and letters. Prolific author and Dickinson expert Wendy Martin and 59 contributors address the relationship between Emily Dickinson's life and work and the larger world in which she lived. Examination of topics such as the history of Amherst, MA, and the Dickinson family's place in it; and the cultural, financial, political, legal, and religious practices of the day illuminate important dimensions of Dickinson's experiences and world for students, scholars, and general readers of this iconic poet's work.
Creating an American Identity
Author : S. Kermes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230612914
Creating an American Identity by S. Kermes Pdf
Creating an American Identity examines the relationship between regionalism and nationalism in New England. Focusing on the years 1789-1825, it analyzes the process by which New Englanders used trans-Atlantic symbols as well as regional landscapes, values, and characteristics to create an American identity.
The American Union and the Problem of Neighborhood
Author : James E. Lewis Jr.
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807866894
The American Union and the Problem of Neighborhood by James E. Lewis Jr. Pdf
In this book, James Lewis demonstrates the centrality of American ideas about and concern for the union of the states in the policymaking of the early republic. For four decades after the nation's founding in the 1780s, he says, this focus on securing a union operated to blur the line between foreign policies and domestic concerns. Such leading policymakers as Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, and Henry Clay worried about the challenges to the goals of the Revolution that would arise from a hostile neighborhood--whether composed of new nations outside the union or the existing states following a division of the union. At the center of Lewis's story is the American response to the dissolution of Spain's empire in the New World, from the transfer of Louisiana to France in 1800 to the independence of Spain's mainland colonies in the 1820s. The breakup of the Spanish empire, he argues, presented a series of crises for the unionist logic of American policymakers, leading them, finally, to abandon a crucial element of the distinctly American approach to international relations embodied in their own federal union.
American History
Author : Paul S. Boyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195389142
American History by Paul S. Boyer Pdf
This volume in Oxford's A Very Short Introduction series offers a concise, readable narrative of the vast span of American history, from the earliest human migrations to the early twenty-first century when the United States loomed as a global power and comprised a complex multi-cultural society of more than 300 million people. The narrative is organized around major interpretive themes, with facts and dates introduced as needed to illustrate these themes. The emphasis throughout is on clarity and accessibility to the interested non-specialist.
Daniel Webster
Author : Harold D. Moser
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313068676
Daniel Webster by Harold D. Moser Pdf
Daniel Webster captured the hearts and imagination of the American people of the first half of the nineteenth century. This bibliography on Webster brings together for the first time a comprehensive guide to the vast amount of literature written by and about this extraordinary man who dwarfed most of his contemporaries. This bibliography also provides references to materials on slavery, the tariff, banking, Indian affairs, legal and constitutional development, international affairs, western expansion, and economic and political developments in general. This bibliography is divided into fifteen sections and covers every aspect of Webster's distinguished career. Sections I and II deal primarily with Webster's writings and with those of his contemporaries. Sections III through X cover the literature dealing with his family background; childhood and education, his long service in the United States House of Representatives and in the Senate, his two stints as secretary of state, and his career in law. Section X provides guidance in locating materials relating to his associates. Finally, Sections XI through XV provide coverage of his personal life, his death, historiographical materials, and iconography.
Henry Goulburn, 1784-1856
Author : Brian Jenkins
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1996-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773565784
Henry Goulburn, 1784-1856 by Brian Jenkins Pdf
Between 1812 and 1821 Goulburn worked in the War and Colonial Office, where he effectively administered Britain's far-flung possessions. Appointed chief secretary for Ireland in 1821 -- a Protestant to offset a "Catholic" viceroy -- Goulburn was at the heart of the final rearguard action by the opponents of Catholic emancipation. As chancellor of the exchequer for the Duke of Wellington (1828-30) and Sir Robert Peel (1841-46) he participated in such momentous decisions as Catholic emancipation and the repeal of the Corn Laws. An opponent of parliamentary reform, he worked closely with Peel, his lifelong friend, to build the Conservative Party and served as a parliamentary champion of the Established Church. Jenkins examines the conservative values Goulburn held, and the moral dilemma of an essentially good man who depended on the institution of slavery for his private income. A modest man and a loyal lieutenant, Goulburn himself allowed that he had been content to walk in the shadow of political giants. This self-effacement helps account for the lack of wide recognition generally given him but does not detract from his significant contribution to British history. Henry Goulburn accords a remarkable politician his rightful place.
No God But Gain
Author : Stephen Chambers
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781781688083
No God But Gain by Stephen Chambers Pdf
From 1501 to 1867 more than 12.5 million Africans were brought to the Americas in chains, and many millions died as a result of the slave trade. The US constitution set a 20-year time limit on US participation in the trade, and on January 1, 1808, it was abolished. And yet, despite the spread of abolitionism on both sides of the Atlantic, despite numerous laws and treaties passed to curb the slave trade, and despite the dispatch of naval squadrons to patrol the coasts of Africa and the Americas, the slave trade did not end in 1808. Fully 25 percent of all the enslaved Africans to arrive in the Americas were brought after the US ban – 3.2 million people. This breakthrough history, based on years of research into private correspondence; shipping manifests; bills of laden; port, diplomatic, and court records; and periodical literature, makes undeniably clear how decisive illegal slavery was to the making of the United States. US economic development and westward expansion, as well as the growth and wealth of the North, not just the South, was a direct result and driver of illegal slavery. The Monroe Doctrine was created to protect the illegal slave trade. In an engrossing, elegant, enjoyably readable narrative, Stephen M. Chambers not only shows how illegal slavery has been wholly overlooked in histories of the early Republic, he reveals the crucial role the slave trade played in the lives and fortunes of figures like John Quincy Adams and the “generation of 1815,” the post-revolution cohort that shaped US foreign policy. This is a landmark history that will forever revise the way the early Republic and American economic development is seen.
A Ruinous and Unhappy War
Author : James H. Ellis
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : New England
ISBN : 9780875866918
A Ruinous and Unhappy War by James H. Ellis Pdf
An entertaining, well-researched study details naval battles and coastal incursions through diaries and regional news articles on the War of 1812. New England was hard hit by the War of 1812 with Great Britain. The war severely injured the maritime and commercial economy and inflamed the difference in interests between the Northeast and the rest of the country, where agriculture was the mainstay. The author has combed sources near and far, bringing to life a drama that was international in scope? but so local in impact.