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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812393003321

Autore

Fanis Maria

Titolo

Secular morality and international security : American and British decisions about war / / Maria Fanis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2011

ISBN

1-283-15983-X

9786613159830

0-472-02639-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

172/.42

Soggetti

War - Causes

National interest

Nationalism - Moral and ethical aspects

National interest - Great Britain - History - 19th century

National interest - United States - History - 20th century

Nationalism - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Nationalism - United States - History - 19th century

Oregon question

United States History War of 1812

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 : a theory of national interest and national identity formation -- In defense of the British empire : Great Britain's national identity of loyal patriotism and the War of 1812 -- In defense of the American republic : the American national identity of neo-Jeffersonian republicanism and liberal commerce -- The American national identity of romantic evangelicalism and the pacific resolution of the Oregon crisis -- Great Britain's national identity of evangelical free trade and the pacific resolution of the Oregon dispute.