The third volume of The Cambridge History of America and the World covers the volatile period between 1900 and 1945 when the United States emerged as a world power and American engagements abroad flourished in new and consequential ways. Showcasing the most innovative approaches to both traditional topics and emerging themes, leading scholars chart the complex ways in which Americans projected their growing influence across the globe; how others interpreted and constrained those efforts; how Americans disagreed with each other, often fiercely, about foreign relations; and how race, religion, gender, and other factors shaped their worldviews. During the early twentieth century, accelerating forces of global interdependence presented Americans, like others, with a set of urgent challenges from managing borders, humanitarian crises, economic depression, and modern warfare to confronting the radical, new political movements of communism, fascism, and anticolonial nationalism. This volume will set the standard for new understandings of this pivotal moment in the history of America and the world.
List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Contributors to Volume III; General Introduction: What is America and the World? Mark Philip Bradley; Introduction to Volume III Brooke L. Blower and Andrew Preston; Part I. American Power in the Modern Era: 1. The Sinews of Globalization Katherine C. Epstein; 2. The Territorial Empire Daniel Immerwahr; 3. The First World War Jennifer D. Keene; 4. Technological Transformations Michael Adas; 5. Law and American Power Benjamin A. Coates; 6. Latin America and US Global Governance Rebecca Herman; 7. Transatlantic Relations Mario Del Pero; 8. The Open Door, Tsarist Russia, and the Soviet Union David S. Foglesong; 9. The Rise of the Modern Middle East Charlie Laderman; 10. Competing Empires in Asia Sheila Miyoshi Jager; 11. Making a Modern Military Michael S. Neiberg; Part II. Competing Perspectives: 12. Fighting Jim Crow in a World of Empire Adriane Lentz-Smith; 13. Wilsonianism and Its Critics John A. Thompson; 14. Humanitarianism and US Foreign Assistance Julia F. Irwin; 15. Women's Politics in International Context Megan Threlkeld; 16. The October Revolution and the American Left Tony Michels; 17. Sexuality and Sexual Politics David Minto; 18. Religious Worldviews Matthew Avery Sutton; 19. Indigenous Sovereignties and Social Movements Megan Black; 20. Fascism and Nativism Michaela Hoenicke Moore; Part III. The Perils of Interdependence: 21. Borders and Migrants Meredith Oyen; 22. Economic Catastrophes Eric Rauchway; 23. Corporate Imperialism and the World of Goods Nan Enstad; 24. The Body Politics of US Imperial Power Shanon Fitzpatrick; 25. Agriculture and Biodiversity Courtney Fullilove; 26. Worlds of International Development David Ekbladh; 27. Preserving Peace and Neutrality Andrew Johnstone; 28. The American Way in World War II Thomas W. Zeiler; 29. The Republic of Science and the Atomic Bomb Andrew J. Rotter; 30. American Visions of One World Erez Manela; Index.
Brooke L. Blower is Associate Professor of History at Boston University and founding co-editor of Modern American History. Her publications include Becoming Americans in Paris: Transatlantic Politics and Culture between the World Wars (2011). Andrew Preston is Professor of American History and a Fellow of Clare College at Cambridge University. He is the author or editor of nine books, including Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy (2012).
