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Our Sister Republics: The United States in an Age of American Revolutions
Contributor(s): Fitz, Caitlin (Author)

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ISBN: 1631493175     ISBN-13: 9781631493171
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Political Science | International Relations - General
- History | Latin America - General
Dewey: 327.730
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" L (0.50 lbs) 384 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Cultural Region - Latin America
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product
 
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In the early nineteenth century, the United States turned its idealistic gaze southward, imagining a legacy of revolution and republicanism it hoped would dominate the American hemisphere. From pulsing port cities to Midwestern farms and southern plantations, an adolescent nation hailed Latin America's independence movements as glorious tropical reprises of 1776. Even as Latin Americans were gradually ending slavery, U.S. observers remained energized by the belief that their founding ideals were triumphing over European tyranny among their "sister republics." But as slavery became a violently divisive issue at home, goodwill toward antislavery revolutionaries waned. By the nation's fiftieth anniversary, republican efforts abroad had become a scaffold upon which many in the United States erected an ideology of white U.S. exceptionalism that would haunt the geopolitical landscape for generations. Marshaling groundbreaking research in four languages, Caitlin Fitz defines this hugely significant, previously unacknowledged turning point in U.S. history.

Contributor Bio(s): Fitz, Caitlin: - Caitlin Fitz lives in Evanston, Illinois, where she is assistant professor of history at Northwestern University. She has received numerous honors, including a Fulbright Fellowship, an Andrew Mellon Fellowship, and Yale University's Egleston Historical Prize.
 
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