Race, Nation, & Empire in American History

by Campbell, James T.; Guterl, Matthew Pratt; Lee, Robert G.

• ISBN13: 9780807858288
• ISBN10: 0807858285
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-24
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

While public debates over America's current foreign policy often treat American empire as a new phenomenon, this lively collection of essays demonstrates that notions of empire have long framed debates over western expansion, Indian removal, African slavery, Asian immigration, and global economic dominance, and they persist today despite the proliferation of anti-imperialist rhetoric. In 15 essays, distinguished historians examine the central role of empire in American race relations, nationalism, and foreign policy from the founding of the U.S. to the 21st century.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Who's who: American Encounters with Race
The Racial Vernacular: Contesting the Black/White Binary in Nineteenth-Century Rhode Island	p. 17
What Is Race?: Franz Boas Reconsidered	p. 40
An End to the Family Romance: Nella Larsen, Black Transnationalism, and American Racial Ideology	p. 55
Ironies of Empire
White Is the Color of Empire: The Annexation of Hawaii in 1898	p. 75
Annexing the Other: The World's Peoples as Auxiliary Consumers and Imported Workers, 1876-1917	p. 103
The Americanization of South Africa	p. 130
Engendering Race, Nation, and Empire
Women's Rights, Race, and Imperialism in U.S. History, 1870-1920	p. 157
Cain contra Abel: Courtship, Masculinities, and Citizenship in Southern California Farming Communities, 1942-1964	p. 180
Private Suffering and Public Strife: Delia Alvarez's War with the Nixon Administration's Pow Publicity Campaign, 1968-1973	p. 201
Crossings
Desengano: A Confederate Exile in Cuba	p. 231
Pauli Murray in Ghana: The Congo Crisis and an African American Woman's Dilemma	p. 250
Nina Simone's Border Crossings: Black Cultural Nationalism and Gender on a Global Stage	p. 277
End Times
Redefining Americanness by Reformulating Hinduism: Indian Americans Challenge American Academia	p. 307
Brown Is the New Yellow: The Yellow Peril in an Age of Terror	p. 335
Rethinking the "Clash of Civilizations": American Evangelicals, the Bush Administration, and the Winding Road to the Iraq War	p. 352
Contributors	p. 375
Index	p. 379
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