LEADER 03826nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910809919803321 005 20240416201242.0 010 $a0-7735-8543-5 010 $a1-282-86622-2 010 $a9786612866227 010 $a0-7735-7575-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773575752 035 $a(CKB)2670000000078775 035 $a(OCoLC)759157124 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10424279 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000433122 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11328187 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000433122 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10390422 035 $a(PQKB)11544922 035 $a(CEL)432789 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00225585 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332141 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10559092 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286622 035 $a(OCoLC)923235259 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/1gpdv1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332141 035 $a(DE-B1597)654561 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773575752 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3271317 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000078775 100 $a20090330d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn American by degrees $ethe extraordinary lives of French ambassador Jules Jusserand /$fRobert J. Young 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (360 p.) 311 $a0-7735-3572-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aForeword / Pierre Vimont -- 1. Genesis (1855-1903) -- 2. Debutant to Doyen (1903-1913) -- 3. Cautious seduction (1914-1917) -- 4. Hesitant embrace (1917-1918) -- 5. Old arguments, new quarrels (1919-1921) -- 6. The impassable road to separation (1921-1924) -- 7. Creation and remembrance. 330 $aThe expressions of American hostility toward France after 9/11 are not new - Franco-American relations in the early twentieth century were also difficult, characterized by the same antagonistic depictions of the other's culture. Ambassador Jules Jusserand's years in Washington (1903-24) were defined by efforts to correct such misconceptions, whether they came from the venomous pens of French extremists or from members of William Randolph Hearst's press empire. In An American by Degrees Robert Young explores Ambassador Jusserand's life and legacy. Fluent in English, married to an American, and a historian who was a frequent guest at many American universities, Jusserand deftly cultivated American sympathies for France. His tasks as a diplomat were formidable, whether during the period of America's war-time neutrality - when France was nearly over-run by the German army - or when as allies they competed for control of the peace process or sought to resolve post-war issues like disarmament, war debts, and reparations. Jusserand relentlessly reminded Americans that France had been an ally during their Revolution and that their concept of "civilization" was part of France's intellectual and cultural legacy. His emphasis on their shared history was natural, as befitted the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History and only the second foreigner to serve as president of the American Historical Association. 606 $aAmbassadors$zFrance$vBiography 606 $aHistorians$zFrance$vBiography 607 $aFrance$xForeign relations$y1870-1940 607 $aFrance$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zFrance 615 0$aAmbassadors 615 0$aHistorians 676 $a327.44073 700 $aYoung$b Robert J.$f1942-$0301929 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809919803321 996 $aAn American by degrees$93997890 997 $aUNINA