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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kristin L Hoganson |
ISBN: | 9780300085549 0300085540 0300071817 9780300071818 |
OCLC Number: | 38468374 |
Description: | xii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | The manly ideal of politics and the jingoist desire for war -- Cuba and the restoration of American chivalry -- "Honor comes first": the congressional debate over war -- McKinley's backbone: the coercive power of gender in political debate -- The Spanish-American War and the martial ideal of citizenship -- The problem of male degeneracy and the allure of the Philippines -- The national manhood metaphor and the fight over the fathers in the Philippine debate -- Imperial degeneracy: the dissolution of the imperialist impulse -- Conclusion: Engendering war. |
Series Title: | Yale historical publications (Unnumbered) |
Responsibility: | Kristin L. Hoganson. |
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"Hoganson adds a new dimension to the historiography of the wars by examining of the wars by examining how gender beliefs may have been motivational factors for leaders in both struggles."-Library Journal"A useful addition to any academic or larger public library."-Library Journal"I've read this book with great interest and, in fact, kept stopping to make notes, provoked into new thinking by Kristin Hoganson`s juicy research and insightful analysis."-Cynthia Enloe, author of The Morning After: Sexual Politics at the End of the Cold War"Kristin Hoganson's important book is a pioneering, imaginative, and provocative analysis of a pivotal era in American history. In the widening discussion over the roots of modern U.S. foreign policy, it will be a work that cannot be ignored- in part because of a spirited debate over its innovative approach."-Walter LaFeber, Cornell University Read more...


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