Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations

by Edited by Michael J. Hogan , Thomas G. Paterson

• ISBN13: 9780521832793
• ISBN10: 0521832799
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-23
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Originally published in 1991, Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations has become an indispensable volume not only for teachers and students in international history and political science, but also for general readers seeking an introduction to American diplomatic history. This collection of essays highlights a variety of newer, innovative, and stimulating conceptual approaches and analytical methods used to study the history of American foreign relations, including bureaucratic, dependency, and world systems theories, corporatist and national security models, psychology, culture, and ideology. Along with substantially revised essays from the first edition, this volume presents entirely new material on postcolonial theory, borderlands history, modernization theory, gender, race, memory, cultural transfer, and critical theory. The book seeks to define the study of American international history, stimulate research in fresh directions, and encourage cross-disciplinary thinking, especially between diplomatic history and other fields of American history, in an increasingly transnational, globalizing world.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Michael J. Hogan and Thomas G. Patterson

2. Defining and doing the history of American foreign relations: a primer Frank Cosigliola and Thomas G. Paterson

3. Toward a pluralist vision: the study of American foreign relations as international and national history Robert J. McMahon

4. Theories of international relations Ole R. Holsti

5. Bureaucratic politics J. Garry Clifford

6. Psychology Richard Immerman

7. National security Melvyn P. Leffler

8. Corporatism Michael J. Hogan

9. World systems Thomas J. McCormick

10. Dependency Louis A Pé

rez, Jr.

11. Considering borders Emily S. Rosenberg

12. The global frontier: comparative history and the frontier-borderlands approach Nathan J. Citino

13. Modernization theory Nick Cullather

14. Ideology Michael Hunt

15. Culture and international history Akira Iriye

16. Cultural transfer Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht

17. Reading for meaning: theory, language, and metaphor Frank Costigliola

18. What's gender got to do with it? Gender history as foreign relations history Kristin Hoganson

19. Race to insight: the US and the world, white supremacy and foreign affairs Gerald Horne

20. Memory and understanding US foreign relations Robert D. Schulzinger.