Hemispheric Imaginings

by Murphy, Gretchen

• ISBN13: 9780822334965
• ISBN10: 0822334968
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

"In these times of increasing attention to imperialism, protectionism, and U.S. intervention around the world, Gretchen Murphy's study of the political and cultural articulations of the Monroe Doctrine is not only welcome but also important reading. Murphy provides an insightful genealogy of how a 'principle' first affirmed by James Monroe came to be a cornerstone of American diplomacy and military action; at the same time, she provides a model reading of how an ideological concept was developed and sustained."--Susan Jeffords, author of "Hard Bodies: Hollywood Masculinity in the Reagan Era"

Author Biography

Gretchen Murphy is assistant professor of English at the University of Minnesota, Morris.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction Writing the Hemisphere	1	(31)
Separate (Hemi)Spheres: John Quincy Adams, Lydia Maria Child, and the Domestic Ideology of the Monroe Doctrine	32	(30)
Selling Jim Crow from Salem to Yokohama	62	(35)
Geographic Morality and the New World	97	(22)
Gringos Abroad: Rationalizing Empire with Richard Harding Davis	119	(26)
Conclusion The Remains of the Doctrine	145	(14)
Notes	159	(12)
Bibliography	171	(14)
Index	185