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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811469603321

Autore

Ninkovich Frank A. <1944->

Titolo

Global dawn : the cultural foundation of American internationalism, 1865-1890 / / Frank Ninkovich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-674-05437-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (441 p.)

Classificazione

NK 4600

Disciplina

973.7

Soggetti

Internationalism - History - 19th century

National characteristics, American - History - 19th century

United States Foreign relations 1865-1898

United States Civilization 1865-1918

United States Race relations History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Culture and causality -- A global civilization -- Culture, commerce, and diplomacy : creating an international identity -- Europe I : republican mirages -- Europe II : barbarian survivals -- The one and the many : race, culture, and civilization -- The promise of local equality : assimilating African- Americans, Chinese, and Native Americans -- Beyond Orientalism : explaining other worlds -- Empire and civilization -- International politics -- The future of international relations -- Conclusion: Culture as capability.

Sommario/riassunto

Why did the United States become a global power? Frank Ninkovich shows that a cultural predisposition for thinking in global terms blossomed in the late nineteenth century, making possible the rise to world power as American liberals of the time took a wide-ranging interest in the world. Of little practical significance during a period when isolationism reigned supreme in U.S. foreign policy, this rich body of thought would become the cultural foundation of twentieth-century American internationalism.