Liberty and American anti-imperialism : 1898-1909

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Label

Liberty and American anti-imperialism : 1898-1909

Title remainder

1898-1909

Statement of responsibility

Michael Patrick Cullinane

Creator

• Cullinane, Michael Patrick

Subject

• Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Protest movements
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 1897-1901
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 1901-1909
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1897-1901
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1909
• United States -- Territorial expansion
• Anti-imperialist movements -- History -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

This book provides a study of the American anti-imperialist movement during its most active years of opposition to US foreign policy, from 1898 to 1909. It re-evaluates the movement's motives and operations throughout these years by evaluating the way in which Americans conceived the idea of 'liberty.'.

Cataloging source

UK-WkNB

Dewey number

973.911

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Summary expansion

1898 was a landmark year for the United States on the global stage, one in which it made unprecedented acquisitions of overseas territories and dramatically expanded its geopolitical influence. These developments did not go unopposed, however. As author Michael Patrick Cullinane shows, hundreds of thousands of Americans rejected as imperialist their nation's foreign policy. In doing so, these dissenters established the first national anti-imperialist movement. This book offers a fresh look at anti-imperial protest, demonstrating that the American movement was not a complete failure, and indeed prefigured latter-day protest movements