Charles Austin Beard : : The Return of the Master Historian of American Imperialism / / Richard Drake.

Richard Drake presents a new interpretation of Charles Austin Beard's life and work. The foremost American historian and a leading public intellectual in the first half of the twentieth century, Beard participated actively in the debates about American politics and foreign policy surrounding th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction: The Beardian Interpretation of American History --
1. Discovering the Economic Taproot of Imperialism --
2. Two Contrasting Progressive Views of the Great War --
3. Becoming a Revisionist --
4. Washington and Wall Street Working Together for War --
5. Isolationism versus Internationalism --
6. A Wartime Trilogy --
7. Waging War for the Four Freedoms --
8. Beard Finds an Ally in Herbert Hoover --
9. Attacking “the Saint” --
10. Defending Beard after the Fall --
11. Beard’s Philosophy of History and American Imperialism --
Conclusion: The Sad Historian of the Pensive Plain --
Notes --
Index
Summary:Richard Drake presents a new interpretation of Charles Austin Beard's life and work. The foremost American historian and a leading public intellectual in the first half of the twentieth century, Beard participated actively in the debates about American politics and foreign policy surrounding the two world wars. In a radical change of critical focus, Charles Austin Beard places the European dimension of Beard's thought at the center, correcting previous biographers' oversights and presenting a far more nuanced appreciation for Beard's life.Drake analyzes the stages of Beard's development as a historian and critic: his role as an intellectual leader in the Progressive movement, the support that he gave to the cause of American intervention in World War I, and his subsequent revisionist repudiation of Wilsonian ideals and embrace of non-interventionism in the lead-up to World War II. Charles Austin Beard shows that, as Americans tally the ruinous costs—both financial and moral—of nation-building and informal empire, the life and work of this prophet of history merit a thorough reexamination.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781501715143
9783110606553
9783110604252
9783110603255
9783110604030
9783110603149
DOI:10.7591/9781501715143
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Richard Drake.