the creation of America's moral empire Tyrrell, Ian R. creator text bibliography Electronic books. nju Princeton, N.J Princeton University Press c2010 2010 monographic eng

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1 online resource (x, 322 p.) : ill. 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. Ian Tyrrell. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- United States Foreign relations United States Territorial expansion United States Moral conditions United States Foreign relations Moral and ethical aspects Imperialism Moral and ethical aspects History Exceptionalism United States History Evangelicalism Political aspects United States History Missionaries United States History Transnationalism History HISTORY / General E183.7 .T97 2010eb 973 Tyrrell, Ian R. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010 (DLC) 2009050189 (OCoLC)482596354 9781400836635 (electronic bk.) 1400836638 (electronic bk.) http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=350102 http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=350102 N$T 110117 20200709055323.0 ocn697175260