{"product_id":"the-genesis-of-america-us-foreign-policy-and-the-formation-of-national-identity-1793-1815-paperback-9781108453547","title":"The Genesis of America; US Foreign Policy and the Formation of National Identity, 1793–1815 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108453547","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Genesis of America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUS Foreign Policy and the Formation of National Identity, 1793–1815\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores how foreign policy was used to promote American nationalism by creating external threats in the early republic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJasper M. Trautsch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108453547, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 May 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Jasper Trautsch's examination of the crucial role played by foreign policy in the creation of American national identity during the founding decades of the United States is a masterwork of historical analysis. …His book will prove a landmark in the field … Trautsch has produced the twenty-first century's best account of the origins and nature of American nationalism.' Paul T. McCartney, National Identities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Genesis of America investigates the ways in which US foreign policy contributed to the formation of an American national consciousness. Interpreting American nationalism as a process of external demarcation, Jasper M. Trautsch argues that, for a sense of national self to emerge, the US needed to be disentangled from its most important European reference points: Great Britain and France. As he shows, foreign-policy makers could therefore promote American nationalism by provoking foreign crises and wars with these countries, hereby creating external threats that would bind the fragile union together. By reconstructing how foreign policy was thus used as a nation-building instrument, Trautsch provides an answer to the puzzling question of how Americans - lacking a shared history and culture of their own and justifying their claim for independent nationhood by appeals to universal rights - could develop a sense of particularity after the conclusion of the Revolutionary War.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Political ideologies and American identity in the era of the French Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 2. Foreign policies of unneutrality and the Jay Treaty\u003cbr\u003e 3. Federalists and the origins of the Quasi-War\u003cbr\u003e 4. Disentangling America from France\u003cbr\u003e 5. Republicans and the origins of the War of 1812\u003cbr\u003e 6. Disentangling America from Great Britain\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: National liberation \u0026amp; independence, post-colonialism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on National liberation \u0026amp; independence, post-colonialism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22National%20liberation%20\u0026amp;%20independence,%20post-colonialism%20%5BHBTR%5D%22\"\u003eHBTR\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913216319768,"sku":"9781108453547","price":24.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108453547i_963bff56-eacf-4064-b16f-1c574c0d0693.jpg?v=1696700301","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-genesis-of-america-us-foreign-policy-and-the-formation-of-national-identity-1793-1815-paperback-9781108453547","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}