Tyrrell, Ian R. <br/><br/>
Reforming the world  the creation of America's moral empire /  [electronic resource] : 
Ian Tyrrell. 
 - Princeton, N.J. :  Princeton University Press,  c2010. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 322 p.) :  ill. 
 - America in the world .
 - America in the world. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. Networks of empire -- Webs of communication -- Missionary lives, transnational networks: the Misses Margaret and Mary Leitch -- pt. 2. Origins of American empire -- The missionary impulse -- The matrix of moral reform -- Blood, souls, and power: American humanitarianism abroad in the 1890s -- pt. 3. The challenge of American colonialism -- Reforming colonialism -- Opium and the fashioning of the American moral empire -- Ida Wells and others: radical protest and the networks of American expansion -- pt. 4. The era of World War I and the Wilsonian new world order -- States of faith: missions and morality in government -- To make a dry world: the new world order of prohibition -- Conclusion: The judgments of heaven: change and continuity in moral reform. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400836635 (electronic bk.) 1400836638 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Imperialism--Moral and ethical aspects--History.<br/>Exceptionalism--History.--United States<br/>Evangelicalism--Political aspects--History.--United States<br/>Missionaries--History.--United States<br/>Transnationalism--History.<br/>HISTORY / General
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations.<br/>United States--Territorial expansion.<br/>United States--Moral conditions.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Moral and ethical aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E183.7  / .T97 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973