Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
- The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
- The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Part I Imperial and Postcolonial Settings
- 1 Building Nation-Empires in the Eighteenth-Century Iberian Atlantic
- 2 Nations and Nationalisms in the Late Ottoman Empire
- 3 The Dutch Empire
- 4 The Habsburg Monarchy
- 5 The British Empire
- 6 The French Empire
- 7 Germany as a “Global Nation,” 1840–1930
- 8 The Russian and Soviet Empire
- 9 The Japanese Empire
- 10 American Internationalism
- 11 The Indian Subcontinent: From Raj to Partition
- 12 Middle Eastern and North African Nationalisms
- 13 African Nationalisms
- 14 Bringing Empires Back in: The Imperial Origins of Nations in Indochina
- Conclusion to Part I
- Part II Transnational and Religious Missions and Identities
- Part III Intersections: National(ist) Synergies and Tensions with Other Social, Economic, Political, and Cultural Categories, Identities, and Practices
- Index
- References
10 - American Internationalism
from Part I - Imperial and Postcolonial Settings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 November 2023
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
- The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
- The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Part I Imperial and Postcolonial Settings
- 1 Building Nation-Empires in the Eighteenth-Century Iberian Atlantic
- 2 Nations and Nationalisms in the Late Ottoman Empire
- 3 The Dutch Empire
- 4 The Habsburg Monarchy
- 5 The British Empire
- 6 The French Empire
- 7 Germany as a “Global Nation,” 1840–1930
- 8 The Russian and Soviet Empire
- 9 The Japanese Empire
- 10 American Internationalism
- 11 The Indian Subcontinent: From Raj to Partition
- 12 Middle Eastern and North African Nationalisms
- 13 African Nationalisms
- 14 Bringing Empires Back in: The Imperial Origins of Nations in Indochina
- Conclusion to Part I
- Part II Transnational and Religious Missions and Identities
- Part III Intersections: National(ist) Synergies and Tensions with Other Social, Economic, Political, and Cultural Categories, Identities, and Practices
- Index
- References
Summary
Since the founding of the United States in the late eighteenth century, Americans have rooted their national identity in their relationship with the wider world. America’s geopolitical position, its civilizing mission, its identity as the home of a chosen people, and its security requirements have shaped not only Americans’ external relations but also their very sense of themselves and who they are in a world of other peoples.
American nationalism has of course had several other sources than the outside world.1 The virtue of republican self-government – what might be identified as “civic nationalism” – has been an obviously powerful font of America’s self-identity, particularly the ways in which Americans have seen themselves as different, even superior, to other countries.
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- The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism , pp. 210 - 232Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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