LEADER 04240nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910826543103321 005 20230725051213.0 010 $a0-674-06118-7 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674061187 035 $a(CKB)2550000000048078 035 $a(OCoLC)754841336 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10492930 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540419 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11348716 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540419 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10586125 035 $a(PQKB)10686594 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300964 035 $a(DE-B1597)178247 035 $a(OCoLC)1024044166 035 $a(OCoLC)1037980578 035 $a(OCoLC)1041790894 035 $a(OCoLC)1042107855 035 $a(OCoLC)1046611026 035 $a(OCoLC)1047003090 035 $a(OCoLC)1049683665 035 $a(OCoLC)1054878134 035 $a(OCoLC)979574296 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674061187 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300964 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10492930 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000048078 100 $a20101021d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPromise and peril$b[electronic resource] $eAmerica at the dawn of a global age /$fChristopher McKnight Nichols 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (464 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-04984-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 353-421) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : the ostrich and the eagle -- New world power -- A better nation morally -- Toward a transnational America -- The powerful mediating neutral -- Voices of the people -- The irreconcilables -- New internationalism -- Conclusion : the intricate balance. 330 $aSpreading democracy abroad or taking care of business at home is a tension as current as the war in Afghanistan and as old as America itself. Tracing the history of isolationist and internationalist ideas from the 1890's through the 1930's, Nichols reveals unexpected connections among individuals and groups from across the political spectrum who developed new visions for America's place in the world. From Henry Cabot Lodge and William James to W. E. B. Du Bois and Jane Addams to Randolph Bourne, William Borah, and Emily Balch, Nichols shows how reformers, thinkers, and politicians confronted the challenges of modern society-and then grappled with urgent pressures to balance domestic priorities and foreign commitments. Each articulated a distinct strain of thought, and each was part of a sprawling national debate over America's global role. Through these individuals, Nichols conducts us into the larger community as it strove to reconcile America's founding ideals and ideas about isolation with the realities of the nation's burgeoning affluence, rising global commerce, and new opportunities for worldwide cultural exchange. The resulting interrelated set of isolationist and internationalist principles provided the basis not just for many foreign policy arguments of the era but also for the vibrant as well as negative connotations that isolationism still possesses. Nichols offers a bold way of understanding the isolationist and internationalist impulses that shaped the heated debates of the early twentieth century and that continue to influence thinking about America in the world today. 606 $aIsolationism$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aGeopolitics$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1865-1921 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1921-1923 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1923-1929 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1929-1933 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1933-1945 615 0$aIsolationism$xHistory. 615 0$aGeopolitics$xHistory. 676 $a327.73 686 $a15.85$2bcl 700 $aNichols$b Christopher McKnight$0475995 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826543103321 996 $aPromise and peril$9242685 997 $aUNINA