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Changing the world : American progressives in war and revolution / Alan Dawley.
LIBRA E766 .D38 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dawley, Alan, 1943-2008.
- Series:
- Politics and society in twentieth-century America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Progressivism (United States politics).
- Internationalism--History--20th century.
- Internationalism.
- Social movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Social movements.
- Social reformers.
- History.
- Political activists.
- United States.
- Political activists--United States--History--20th century.
- Social reformers--United States--History--20th century.
- World politics--1900-1918.
- World politics.
- World politics--1919-1932.
- United States--Politics and government--1913-1921.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1921-1923.
- United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
- International relations.
- United States--Social policy.
- United States--Foreign relations--1913-1921.
- Local Subjects:
- United States--Social policy.
- United States--Foreign relations--1913-1921.
- Physical Description:
- x, 409 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- In May of 1919, women from around the world gathered in Zurich, Switzerland, and proclaimed, "We dedicate ourselves to peace!" Just months after the end of World War I, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom -- a group led by American progressive Jane Addams and comprising veteran campaigners for social reform -- knew that a peaceful world was essential to their ongoing quest for social and economic justice.
- Alan Dawley tells the story of American progressives during the decade spanning World War I and its aftermath. He shows how they laid the foundation for progressive internationalism in their efforts to improve the world both at home and abroad. Unlike other accounts of the progressive movement -- and of American politics in general -- this book fuses social and international history. Dawley shows how interventions in Latin America and Europe affected domestic plans for social reform and civic engagement, and he depicts internal battles among progressives between unabashed imperialists like Theodore Roosevelt and their implacable opponents like Robert La Follette. He draws a contrast between Woodrow Wilson's use of force in exporting American ideals and Addams's more cosmopolitan pursuit of economic justice and world peace. In discussing the debate over the League of Nations within the context of turbulent domestic affairs, Dawley brings keen insight into that complicated moment in American history.
- In striking and original ways, Dawley brings together domestic and world affairs to argue that American progressivism cannot be understood apart from its international context. Focusing on world-historical events of empire, revolution, war, and peace, he shows how American reformers invented a new politics built around progressive internationalism. Changing the World retrieves the progressive tradition in American politics and makes it available to contemporary debates. The book speaks to anyone seeking to be both a good citizen within the nation and a good citizen of today's troubled world.
- Contents:
- 1 The New Internationalism 13
- 2 The Social Republic 41
- 3 Empire and Reform 75
- 4 Messianic America 107
- 5 World War and Revolution 143
- 6 World Leader 181
- 7 The Millennial Moment 219
- 8 Retreat from Reform 259
- 9 Progressive Rebirth 297
- Epilogue: Legacy 341.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-386) and index.
- ISBN:
- 069111322X
- OCLC:
- 50417398
- Online:
- Publisher description
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