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America in the World, 1776 to the Present: A Supplement to the Dictionary of American History, 1st Edition

  • Editor: Edward J. Blum, Cara Burnidge, Emily Conroy-Krutz, David Kinkela
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  • ISBN-10: 0684325055
  • ISBN-13: 9780684325057
  • DDC: 327.73
  • Grade Level Range: College Freshman - College Senior
  • 1255 Pages | eBook
  • Original Copyright 2016 | Published/Released January 2016
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Overview

Primarily aimed at undergraduates, America In The World will answer the needs of students while satisfying the general reader's increasing curiosity about America's role on the world scene; the impact of U.S. policies not only nationally, on the domestic agenda, but globally; and the reactions of the world's nations to America's rise, 1776 to the present. The set includes key figures from John Adams and the Marquis de Lafayette to Bob Dylan and Barack Obama, and also covers organizations like IBM and the RAND Corporation, the American Colonization Society and the Red Cross, along with topics exploring social and cultural themes, such as Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West, Captain America, Americanization, Exceptionalism, and the Lost Generation. The emphasis on global perspectives brings fresh insights to such domestic topics as the Texas Republic, Wounded Knee, the Department of Homeland Security, and Martin Luther King, Jr. The entry on King, for example, answers the following questions: how did he develop and articulate a global vision of the struggle against colonialism and imperialism during his years of fight against segregation in America? What role did he play in the fight against Apartheid in South Africa? How was King influenced by the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi? Referred to in the academic world as “transnational history,” the content in our volumes introduces an increasingly popular approach to teaching US history in the context of the world at large.

Features and Benefits

  • Provides a transnational view of US history, one of the very first reference works to take this perspective, by focusing on the role of Americans and the US in the world, while also analyzing how the world has influenced the US and Americans.
  • BENEFIT: Transnational history is growing in importance, matching new requirements in the study of world history, where students are expected to comprehend the ever more important place and role of the US on the world scene, and to better understand global reactions to US policies and influence.
  • This set will support the work of undergraduates in the university as well as in community college environments.
  • Examines the impact of US policies on the world, as well as on the domestic agenda.
  • BENEFIT: supports course work in law, politics, and international relations.
  • Discusses the increasingly important role of the US in the world, from the early days of the republic to the present.
  • BENEFIT: supports studies in US history and world history, as well as global studies programs.

Contributors

Contributors

  • Edward J. Blum
  • Cara Burnidge
  • Emily Conroy-Krutz
  • David Kinkela

Alternate Formats

  • Casebound Edition

    ISBN-10: 0684325020 | ISBN-13: 9780684325026

Table of Contents

Abu Ghraib.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves (1807).
Adams, John.
Adams, John Quincy.
Adams-Onís Treaty (1819).
Addams, Jane.
Advertising and Marketing.
Afghanistan.
AFL-CIO: Labor's Foreign Policy.
Africa.
Africa Squadron.
Agent Orange.
Air Force, US.
Airplanes.
Albright, Madeleine.
Alcoholics Anonymous.
Ali, Muhammad.
Alien Act (1798).
Alien Contract Labor Law/Foran Act (1885).
Allende, Salvador.
Alliance for Progress.
Al-Qaeda.
American Asiatic Association.
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
"The American Century" (Henry Luce, 1941).
American Colonization Society.
American Commission to Negotiate Peace.
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
American Peace Society.
American Protective Association.
American Revolution.
Americanization.
Amistad.
Amnesty International.
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy (Gunnar Myrdal, 1944).
An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World (David Walker, 1829).
An Appeal to the World! (NAACP, 1947).
Anarchism.
Angel Island.
Anglophobia.
Antarctica/Arctic.
Anti-imperialism.
Anti-imperialist League.
Antislavery.
Apartheid.
Apollo Program.
Arabian Nights.
Arab-Israeli Conflict.
Armenian Genocide.
Army, US.
Ashe, Arthur.
Asia.
Atlantic Charter (1941).
Atlantic Ocean.
Atlantic Slave Trade.
Atomic Bomb.
Automobiles.
Back-to-Africa Movement.
Balfour Declaration (1917).
Banana Republics.
Bandung Conference (1955).
Barbary Wars.
Barnum, P. T.
Baseball.
Bay of Pigs.
Beat Generation.
Berlin Airlift.
Berlin Conference (1884-1885).
Berlin Wall.
Bikini Atoll.
Black Atlantic.
Black Power Movement.
Bly, Nellie.
Boeing Company.
Bolívar, Simón.
Bolshevism.
Borderlands.
Borlaug, Norman.
Boxer Rebellion.
Bracero Program.
Bretton Woods.
Britain.
Buchanan, James.
Buddhism.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
Bundy, McGeorge.
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
Bush, Vannevar.
Camp David Accords (1978).
Canada.
Canton.
Captain America.
Captivity Narratives.
Caribbean.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Carter, James Earl, Jr.
Cash and Carry.
Castro, Fidel.
Catholicism.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Cheney, Dick.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831).
Chicano Movement.
China.
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882).
The Civil War.
Civilization Fund.
Clash of Civilizations (Samuel Huntington).
Cleveland, Grover.
Clinton, Hillary Rodham.
Clinton, William Jefferson.
Coca-Cola.
Code Talkers.
Cold War.
Cold War: Race and the Cold War.
Colombia.
Colonialism.
Colonization Movement.
Communitarian Socialism.
Confederate States of America.
Congress for Cultural Freedom.
Contemporary Genocides and US Policy.
Coolies.
Copley, John Singleton.
Cotton.
Council on Foreign Relations.
Covert Wars.
Crowe, Eyre.
Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis.
Debs, Eugene V.
Declaration of Independence.
Decolonization.
Deindustrialization.
Democracy in America (Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835-1840).
Department of Agriculture, US.
Department of Defense, US.
Department of Foreign Affairs.
Department of Homeland Security.
Department of State.
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Détente.
Deterrence.
Dickens, Charles.
Disney.
Dollar Diplomacy.
Domino Theory.
Douglass, Frederick.
Drugs.
Dulles, Allen W.
Dulles, John Foster.
Dylan, Bob.
Earth Day.
Earthrise (Bill Anders, 1968).
Economics.
1848 Revolutions.
Einstein, Albert.
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Ellis Island.
Emancipation Day.
Embargo Act (1807).
Embassies, Consulates, and Diplomatic Missions.
Empire of Liberty.
Empire, US.
Ethnic Cleansing.
Europe.
Exceptionalism.
Expatriate Artists.
Exports, Exportation.
Extraterritoriality.
Federal Council of Churches.
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan, 1963).
Feminism, Women’s Rights.
Fenian Brotherhood.
Filibuster.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.
Flu Epidemic, 1918-1919.
Ford Foundation.
Ford, Gerald R.
Ford, Henry.
Fordlândia.
Foreign Affairs (Magazine).
Foreign Mission Movement.
Foreign Mission School (Cornwall, CT).
Foreign Performing Artists.
Foreign Service, US.
Four Freedoms.
France.
Franklin, Benjamin.
Freedom Fighters.
French Revolution.
Friedman, Milton.
Frontier Wars.
Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN, Armed Forces of Puerto Rican National Liberation).
Fulbright, J. William.
Garibaldi, Giuseppe.
Gates Foundation.
Gender.
General Allotment Act (Dawes Severalty Act, 1877).
Geneva Conventions.
Genocide.
Germany.
Global South.
Global Warming.
Globalization.
Godzilla.
Good Neighbor Policy.
Gore, Albert, Jr.
Graham, William (Billy) Franklin, Jr.
Grand Tour.
Great Depression.
Great Famine.
Greek Revolution.
Green Revolution.
Greenpeace.
Group of Five and its Successors (G5, G7, G8, G20).
Guantánamo Bay.
Guatemala.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Hague Conferences (1899, 1907).
Haiti.
Haitian Revolution.
Harlem Renaissance/New Negro Movement.
Hawai'i.
Haymarket Bombing.
Hinduism.
Ho Chi Minh.
Hollywood.
Holocaust.
Holy Land.
How the Other Half Lives (Jacob Riis, 1890).
Human rights.
Immigration.
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Immigration Quotas.
Immigration Restriction League.
Imperialism.
Impressment.
India.
Indian Citizenship Act (1924).
Indian Ocean.
Indian Removal Act (1830).
Industrialization.
The Influence of Sea Power upon History (Alfred Thayer Mahan, 1890).
Insular Possessions.
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
International Labor Organization.
International Monetary Fund.
International Women's Year (IWY), 1975.
Internationalism.
Internet.
Internment Camps.
Interventionism.
Iran.
Iran Hostage Crisis.
Iran-Contra Scandal.
Iraq.
Iron Curtain.
Islam.
Isolationism.
Israel.
Italy.
Jackson, Andrew.
Jackson, Michael.
Japan.
Jay Treaty (1795).
Jay, John.
Jazz.
The Jazz Singer.
Jefferson, Thomas.
Jewish Welfare Board.
John Carlos and Tommie Smith, Mexico City Olympics (John Dominis, 1968).
Johnson, Lyndon Baines.
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Judaism.
Kellogg-Briand Pact.
Kennan, George F.
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald.
Kennedy, Robert.
Keynesian Economics.
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Kissinger, Henry.
Kitchen Debate.
Knights of Columbus.
Know-Nothings.
Korean War.
Kossuth, Louis.
Lafayette, Marquis de.
Laos.
Law, Thomas.
League of Nations.
Lend-Lease Act (1941).
Levi Strauss & Co.
Liberia.
LIFE (magazine).
Limited Test Ban Treaty.
Lincoln, Abraham.
Lippmann, Walter.
Lodge, Henry Cabot.
Lost Generation.
Louisiana Purchase.
Loyalists.
Luce, Henry.
Lynching.
Lyncoya.
MacArthur, Douglas.
Macon’s Bill No. 2 (1810).
Madeira.
Madison, James.
Malcolm X.
Manchuria.
Manhattan Project.
Manifest Destiny.
Marine Corps, US.
Marlboro.
Marsh, George Perkins.
Marshall Plan.
Marx Brothers.
Marx, Karl.
McCarthyism.
McDonald's.
McNamara, Robert S.
Melting Pot.
Melville, Herman.
Mexican-American War.
Mexico.
Middle East.
The Mikado (Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert, 1885).
Military-Industrial Complex.
Minstrelsy.
Miscegenation.
Missionary Diplomacy.
Model Treaty of 1776.
Modernization Theory.
Monroe Doctrine (1823).
Monroe, James.
Moorish Science Temple.
Morgan, J. P.
Mossadegh, Mohammed.
Multiculturalism.
Multinational Corporations.
Musicals.
Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD).
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Nast, Thomas.
Nation of Islam.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
National Basketball Association (NBA).
National Geographic Magazine.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
National Security Agency (NSA).
National Security Council (NSC).
Nativism.
Naturalization Act of 1790.
Navy, US.
Nazism.
Neoliberalism.
Neutrality.
Neutrality Act of 1794.
"The New Colossus" (Emma Lazarus, 1883).
New Left.
The New Republic (Magazine).
New Woman.
New World Order.
Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing Nguyen Van Lém (Eddie Adams, 1968).
Niebuhr, [Karl Paul] Reinhold.
Nixon, Richard Milhous.
Non-Aligned Movement.
Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs).
Non-Intercourse Act (1809).
North America.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
North Korea.
Northwest Ordinance (1787).
NSC-68.
Nuclear Weapons.
Obama, Barack Hussein.
Obookiah.
Olympics.
Open Door Policy.
Opium War.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert.
Organization of American States (OAS).
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Orient.
Orient Express.
Orientalism.
Ottoman Empire.
Our Country (Josiah Strong, 1885).
Ozone Depletion.
Pacific Islands.
Pacific Ocean.
Paine, Thomas.
Palestine.
Pan American World Airways.
Pan-Africanism.
Panama Canal.
Pan-Americanism.
Paris Peace Conference (1919).
The Passing of the Great Race (Madison Grant, 1916).
Passport.
Paul, Alice Stokes.
Peace Corps.
Pearl Harbor.
Pershing, John Joseph.
Phan Thi Kim Phúc (Nick Ut, 1972).
Philippines.
Pinckney’s Treaty (1795).
Pogrom.
Point Four.
Polk, James K.
Postmodernism.
Potsdam Conference (1945).
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.
Powell, Colin.
Preparedness.
Presley, Elvis Aaron.
Protestant-Catholic-Jew (Will Herberg, 1955).
Protestantism.
Puerto Rico.
The Quiet American (Graham Greene, 1955).
Qutb, Sayyid.
Race.
RAND Corporation.
Rand, Ayn.
Rastafari.
Reagan, Ronald Wilson.
The Real Ambassadors.
Realism (International Relations).
Red Cross.
Red Scare.
Religions.
Reservation.
Risorgimento.
Robber Barons.
Robeson, Paul Leroy.
Rock ’n’ Roll.
Rockefeller Foundation.
Roosevelt Corollary (1904).
Roosevelt, Eleanor.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Theodore.
Rosie the Riveter.
Rostow, Walt W.
Rotary Club.
Rough Riders.
Rusk, Dean.
Russia.
Said, Edward.
Salvation Army.
Santa Anna, Antonio López de.
Secularization.
Security Council, UN.
Self-Determination.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
September 11, 2001.
Settlement House Movement.
Seward, William H.
Shinto.
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson, 1962).
Simcoe, John Graves.
Singer Manufacturing Company.
Slave Regimes.
Smallpox Eradication.
Smith–Mundt Act (US Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948).
Socialism.
South America.
South Korea.
Spanish-American War.
Spies and Espionage.
Sputnik.
St. Patrick Battalion.
Steamship.
Stonewall Riots.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I and SALT II).
Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars).
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions.
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).
Suffrage.
Superman.
Taft, William Howard.
Tariff.
Telegraph.
Television.
Temperance Movement.
Texas Republic.
Think Tanks.
Third World.
Toussaint Louverture.
Trains.
Transatlantic Reform.
Trans-Siberian Railway.
Treaty of Versailles.
Triple Entente.
Truman Doctrine.
Truman, Harry S.
Turner, Frederick Jackson.
Twain, Mark.
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852).
United Fruit Company.
United Nations.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).
Universities.
US Army School of the Americas (Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation).
USA for Africa ("We are the World").
Vietnam War.
Vivekananda, Swami.
V-J Day in Times Square (Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1945).
Vodou.
Voice of America.
War Hawks.
War of 1812.
War on Drugs.
War on Terror.
Washington, Booker T.
Washington, George.
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith, 1776).
Weaponry.
Webster, Daniel.
Wells-Barnett, Ida B.
West, Benjamin.
"The White Man’s Burden" (Rudyard Kipling, 1899).
Whiteness.
Wilson, Woodrow.
Winfrey, Oprah.
Wollstonecraft, Mary.
Worcester v. Georgia (1832).
World Bank.
World Health Organization.
The World is Flat (Thomas L. Friedman, 2005).
World Trade Organization.
World War I.
World War II.
World's Fairs.
World's Parliament of Religions (1893).
World's YWCA/YMCA.
Wounded Knee (1890 and 1973).
XYZ Affair.
Yalta Conference (1945).
Yellow Journalism.
Yugoslav Wars.
Zionism.