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6 The Righteous Cause: John Quincy Adams and the Limits of American Exceptionalism
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction 1
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PART ONE Ideologies and the People
- 1 Indigenous Subjecthood and White Populism in British America 29
- 2 American Presidents and the Ideology of Civilization 53
- 3 Containing the Multitudes: Nationalism and U.S. Foreign Policy Ideas at the Grassroots Level 74
- 4 “Mrs. Sovereign Citizen”: Women’s International Thought and American Public Culture, 1920–1950 92
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PART TWO Ideologies of Power
- 5 Competing Free Trade Traditions in U.S. Foreign Policy from the American Revolution to the “American Century” 113
- 6 The Righteous Cause: John Quincy Adams and the Limits of American Exceptionalism 135
- 7 Antislavery and Empire: The Early Republican Party Confronts the World 152
- 8 The Fearful Giant: National Insecurity and U.S. Foreign Policy 169
- 9 Unilateralism as Ideology 185
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PART THREE Ideologies of the International
- 10 “For Young People”: Protestant Missions, Geography, and American Youth at the End of the Nineteenth Century 209
- 11 Eugenia Charles, the United States, and Military Intervention in Grenada 231
- 12 I Think of Myself as an International Citizen: Flemmie P. Kittrell’s Internationalist Ideology 246
- 13 Just War as Ideology: A Militant Ecumenism of Catholics and Evangelicals 262
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PART FOUR Ideologies and Democracy
- 14 Freedom as Ideology 279
- 15 Roads Not Taken: The Delhi Declaration, Nelson Mandela, Václav Havel, and the Lost Futures of 1989 299
- 16 Not Just Churches: American Jews, Joint Church Aid, and the Nigeria-Biafra War 322
- 17 Contentious Designs: Ideology and U.S. Immigration Policy 347
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PART FIVE Ideologies of Progress
- 18 Capital and Immigration in the Era of the Civil War 365
- 19 The Progressive Origins of Project RAND 385
- 20 Cold War Liberals, Neoconservatives, and the Rediscovery of Ideology 412
- 21 The Galactic Vietnam: Technology, Modernization, and Empire in George Lucas’s Star Wars 435
- 22 Dual-Use Ideologies: How Science Came to Be Part of the United States’ Cold War Arsenal 452
- Conclusion 469
- Acknowledgments 475
- Contributors 477
- Index 483
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction 1
-
PART ONE Ideologies and the People
- 1 Indigenous Subjecthood and White Populism in British America 29
- 2 American Presidents and the Ideology of Civilization 53
- 3 Containing the Multitudes: Nationalism and U.S. Foreign Policy Ideas at the Grassroots Level 74
- 4 “Mrs. Sovereign Citizen”: Women’s International Thought and American Public Culture, 1920–1950 92
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PART TWO Ideologies of Power
- 5 Competing Free Trade Traditions in U.S. Foreign Policy from the American Revolution to the “American Century” 113
- 6 The Righteous Cause: John Quincy Adams and the Limits of American Exceptionalism 135
- 7 Antislavery and Empire: The Early Republican Party Confronts the World 152
- 8 The Fearful Giant: National Insecurity and U.S. Foreign Policy 169
- 9 Unilateralism as Ideology 185
-
PART THREE Ideologies of the International
- 10 “For Young People”: Protestant Missions, Geography, and American Youth at the End of the Nineteenth Century 209
- 11 Eugenia Charles, the United States, and Military Intervention in Grenada 231
- 12 I Think of Myself as an International Citizen: Flemmie P. Kittrell’s Internationalist Ideology 246
- 13 Just War as Ideology: A Militant Ecumenism of Catholics and Evangelicals 262
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PART FOUR Ideologies and Democracy
- 14 Freedom as Ideology 279
- 15 Roads Not Taken: The Delhi Declaration, Nelson Mandela, Václav Havel, and the Lost Futures of 1989 299
- 16 Not Just Churches: American Jews, Joint Church Aid, and the Nigeria-Biafra War 322
- 17 Contentious Designs: Ideology and U.S. Immigration Policy 347
-
PART FIVE Ideologies of Progress
- 18 Capital and Immigration in the Era of the Civil War 365
- 19 The Progressive Origins of Project RAND 385
- 20 Cold War Liberals, Neoconservatives, and the Rediscovery of Ideology 412
- 21 The Galactic Vietnam: Technology, Modernization, and Empire in George Lucas’s Star Wars 435
- 22 Dual-Use Ideologies: How Science Came to Be Part of the United States’ Cold War Arsenal 452
- Conclusion 469
- Acknowledgments 475
- Contributors 477
- Index 483