Across the course of American history, imperialism and
anti-imperialism have been awkwardly paired as influences on the
politics, culture, and diplomacy of the United States. The
Declaration of Independence, after all, is an anti-imperial
document, cataloguing the sins of the metropolitan government
against the colonies. With the Revolution, and again in 1812, the
nation stood against the most powerful empire in the world and
declared itself independent. As noted by Ian Tyrrell and Jay
Sexton, however, American "anti-imperialism was clearly selective,
geographically, racially, and constitutionally." Empire's Twin
broadens our conception of anti-imperialist actors, ideas, and
actions; it charts this story across the range of American history,
from the Revolution to our own era; and it opens up the
transnational and global dimensions of American anti-imperialism.By
tracking the diverse manifestations of American anti-imperialism,
this book highlights the different ways in which historians can
approach it in their research and teaching. The contributors cover
a wide range of subjects, including the discourse of
anti-imperialism in the Early Republic and Civil War,
anti-imperialist actions in the U.S. during the Mexican Revolution,
the anti-imperial dimensions of early U.S. encounters in the Middle
East, and the transnational nature of anti-imperialist public
sentiment during the Cold War and beyond.Contributors: Laura
Belmonte, Oklahoma State University; Robert Buzzanco, University of
Houston; Julian Go, Boston University; Alan Knight, University of
Oxford; Ussama Makdisi, Rice University; Erez Manela, Harvard
University; Peter Onuf, Robert H. Smith International Center for
Jefferson Studies, Monticello, and University of Virginia; Jeffrey
Ostler, University of Oregon; Patricia Schechter, Portland State
University; Jay Sexton, University of Oxford; Ian Tyrrell,
University of New South Wales
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