Liberty and American Anti-Imperialism 1898-1909

by Cullinane, Michael Patrick

• ISBN13: 9781137002563
• ISBN10: 1137002565
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-17
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In 1898 the United States acquired new overseas territories and expanded its influence in geopolitics. Acquisition and expansion did not go unopposed. Hundreds of thousands of Americans rejected their nation's foreign policy calling it imperialism. These dissenters established the first national anti-imperialist movement. In this book Michael Patrick Cullinane tells the story of anti-imperialist activists who resisted the expansion of American power at the turn of the century. He explores new ways of looking at anti-imperial protest and demonstrates that the movement was not a complete failure.

Author Biography

Michael Patrick Cullinane is a senior lecturer of American history at Northumbria University in Newcastle, England.

Table of Contents

The Origins of a Movement * Opposing the Treaty of Paris * Citizenship and the Election of 1900 * Building Transnational Networks * The Insular Cases * The Social Movement * Split and Decline