Synopses & Reviews
This collection of essays presents many of the newer, innovative, and stimulating analytical approaches and methods used to study the history of American foreign relations. The essays highlight a variety of conceptual categories, including bureaucratic, dependency, and world-systems theories, corporatist and national security models, culture, gender, and ideology. The book seeks to define the study of American relations, stimulate research in fresh directions, and encourage cross-disciplinary thinking, especially between historians and political scientists.
Review
"Hogan and Paterson have brought forth a highly valuable compilation of essays that demonstrates the exciting varieties of interdisciplinary thinking and methodology that have infused writing about American foreign relations during the past two decades...Additional essays, too numerous to discuss, all contribute to making this volume especially useful to scholars who wish to remind themselves, as well as to inform their students in seminars or colloquia, of the continuing vitality of American scholarship about American foreign relations." Journal of Interdisciplinary History"...essential reading for anyone interested in history, the bombing of Hiroshima, education, or American culture...I highly recommend this book...." Pacific Reader
Synopsis
This collection of essays seeks to define the study of American relations.
Synopsis
'Highlighting a variety of conceptual categories, this collection of essays seeks to define the study of American relations, stimulate research in new directions, and encourage inter-disciplinary thinking, especially between historians and political scientists.\n
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Table of Contents
Preface; The authors; 1. Introduction Michael J. Hogan and Thomas G. Paterson; Part I. The History of American Foreign Relations: Defining the Field: 2. The study of American Foreign Relations: national history of international history? Robert J. McMahon; 3. Walking the borders Emily S. Rosenberg; 4. Defining and doing the history of American Foreign Relations: a primer Thomas G. Patterson; Part II. The History of American Foreign Relations: Explaining Relations Field: 5. International relations models Ole R. Holsti; 6. World Systems Thomas J. McCormick; 7. Dependency Louis A. Pérez, Jr.; 8. Balance of power Stephen Pelz; 9. Bureaucratic politics J. Garry Clifford; 10. Psychology Richard H. Immerman; 11. Public opinion Melvin Small; 12. Mental maps Alan K. Henrikson; 13. Ideology Michael H. Hunt; 14. National security Melvyn P. Leffler; 15. Culture and international history Akira Iriye; 16. Corporatism Michael J. Hogan; Index.