Sacred interests : the United States and the Islamic world, 1821-1921 / Karine V. Walther.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walther, Karine V., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eastern question.

International relations.

History.

United States--Foreign relations--Islamic countries--History.

United States.

Islamic countries--Foreign relations--United States--History.

Islamic countries.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 457 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]

Summary:

"In Sacred Interests, Karine V. Walther excavates the deep history of Americans' Islamophobic fixation on how Muslims should be governed, controlled, converted, and colonized, showing how these ideas shaped American foreign relations from the early republic to the end of the Armenian Genocide in 1921. Beginning with the Barbary Wars, Walther illuminates reactions to and involvement in the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, the efforts to protect Christians and Jews from Muslim authorities in Northern Africa, colonization of the Philippines, and the Armenian Genocide. Even in instances where the U.S. government was not formally involved, American missionaries and activists played crucial roles in these events, drawing conclusions and lessons that they would pass on and apply to subsequent interventions. Americans' interest in Islam abroad became critical to a larger American narrative: diplomatic, cultural, political, and religious beliefs about Islam and Muslims hardened and became self-fulfilling as Americans continued to encounter Muslims throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1. The United States and the Eastern question

The United States and the Greeks, 1821-1869

The United States and Bulgarian independence. 1876-1878

part 2. Jewish-American activism in the Islamic world

Jewish American activism in the Ottoman Empire and Morocco, 1840-1878

Spreading empire and civilization in Morocco, 1878-1906

part 3. The United States and the "Moro problem" in the Philippines

Understanding and classifying the United States' "Mohammedan wards" in the Philippines, 1898-1905

Extending American colonial governance over Filipino Muslims, 1903-1920

part 4. Resolving the Eastern question

The United States and the Armenian massacres, 1894-1896

The United States, World War I, and the end of the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1921.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-434) and index.

ISBN:

9781469625393

1469625393

OCLC:

906234524