Hemispheric Imaginings: The Monroe Doctrine and Narratives of U.S. Empire

Gretchen Murphy

Published by Duke University Press 2005

Hemispheric Imaginings

The Monroe Doctrine and Narratives of U.S. Empire

Gretchen Murphy
Edited by: Donald E. Pease

In the series New Americanists

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822386728

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About this book

Examines the key role that the spatial construct (embodied by the Monroe Doctrine) of the western hemisphere played in enabling and effacing U.S. empire.

Author / Editor information

Gretchen Murphy is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Minnesota, Morris.

Reviews

“Hemispheric Imaginings makes an articulate, original argument for the centrality of the Monroe Doctrine to the nineteenth-century imagination. Gretchen Murphy’s exploration of the cultural influence of the Monroe Doctrine, above and beyond its political effects, is long overdue.”—Kirsten Silva Gruesz, author of Ambassadors of Culture: The Transamerican Origins of Latino Writing

“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

“To historians, this book offers an interesting example of the interplay among literature, foreign policy, and the construction of national imaginings. . . . This book is a welcome contribution to the field of transnational studies of the United States. . . . Hemispheric Imaginings provides historians of international relations new propositions to reflect upon.”

-- Ricardo D. Salvatore Diplomatic History

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction. Writing the Hemisphere Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One. Separate (Hemi)Spheres: John Quincy Adams, Lydia Maria Child, and the Domestic Ideology of the Monroe Doctrine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Chapter Two. Selling Jim Crow from Salem to Yokohama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Chapter Three. Geographic Morality and the New World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter Four. Gringos Abroad: Rationalizing Empire with Richard Harding Davis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Conclusion. The Remains of the Doctrine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 208
Illustrations
- Other: 5 illus.

eBook

Published: April 5, 2005
ISBN: 9780822386728