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Irish Opinion and the American Revolution, 1760–1783
This study traces the impact of the American Revolution and of the international war it precipitated on the political outlook of each section of Irish society. Morley uses a dazzling array of sources - newspapers, pamphlets, sermons and political songs, including Irish-language documents unknown to other scholars and previously unpublished - to trace the evolving attitudes of the Anglican, Catholic and Presbyterian communities from the beginning of colonial unrest in the early 1760s until the end of hostilities in 1783. He also reassesses the influence of the American revolutionary war on such developments as Catholic relief, the removal of restrictions on Irish trade, and Britain's recognition of Irish legislative independence. Morley sheds light on the nature of Anglo-Irish patriotism and Catholic political consciousness, and reveals the extent to which the polarities of the 1790s had already emerged by the end of the American war.
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Fateful ties : a history of America's preoccupation with China
\"Americans look to China with fascination and fear, unsure whether the rising Asian power is friend or foe but certain it will play a crucial role in America's future. This is nothing new, Gordon Chang says. For centuries, Americans have been convinced of China's importance to their own national destiny. China has held a special place in the American imagination from colonial times, when Jamestown settlers pursued a passage to the Pacific and Asia. In the post-Mao era, Americans again embraced China as a land of inexhaustible opportunity, playing a central role in its economic rise. Through portraits of entrepreneurs, missionaries, academics, artists, diplomats, and activists, Chang demonstrates how ideas about China have long been embedded in America's conception of itself and its own fate.\" --Provided by publisher.
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China's America
2011 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
Winner of the 2011 Best Book Award presented by the Chinese
American Librarians Association What do the Chinese think
of America? Why did Jiang Zemin praise the film Titanic ?
Why did Mao call FDR's envoy Patrick Hurley \"a clown?\" Why did the
book China Can Say No (meaning \"no\" to the United States)
become a bestseller only a few years after a replica of the Statue
of Liberty was erected during protests in Tianamen Square? Jing
Li's fascinating book explores Chinese perceptions of the United
States during the twentieth century. As Li notes, these two very
different countries both played significant roles in world affairs
and there were important interactions between them. Chinese view of
the United States were thus influenced by various and changing
considerations, resulting in interpretations and opinions that were
complex and sometimes contradictory. Li uncovers the historical,
political, and cultural forces that have influenced these
alternately positive and negative opinions. Revealing in its
insight into the twentieth century, China's America is
also instructive for all who care about the understandings between
these two powerful countries as we move into the twenty-first
century.
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Blue and Gray Diplomacy
In this examination of Union and Confederate foreign relations
during the Civil War from both European and American perspectives,
Howard Jones demonstrates that the consequences of the conflict
between North and South reached far beyond American soil. Jones
explores a number of themes, including the international economic
and political dimensions of the war, the North's attempts to block
the South from winning foreign recognition as a nation, Napoleon
III's meddling in the war and his attempt to restore French power
in the New World, and the inability of Europeans to understand the
interrelated nature of slavery and union, resulting in their
tendency to interpret the war as a senseless struggle between a
South too large and populous to have its independence denied and a
North too obstinate to give up on the preservation of the Union.
Most of all, Jones explores the horrible nature of a war that
attracted outside involvement as much as it repelled it. Written in
a narrative style that relates the story as its participants saw it
play out around them, Blue and Gray Diplomacy depicts the
complex set of problems faced by policy makers from Richmond and
Washington to London, Paris, and St. Petersburg.
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The China mirage : the hidden history of American disaster in Asia
James Bradley introduces us to the prominent Americans--including FDR's grandfather, Warren Delano--who in the 1800s made their fortunes in the China opium trade. Meanwhile, American missionaries sought a myth: noble Chinese peasants eager to Westernize. The media propagated this mirage, and FDR believed that supporting Chiang Kai-shek would make China America's best friend in Asia. But Chiang was on his way out and when Mao Zedong instead came to power, Americans were shocked, wondering how we had \"lost China.\" From the 1850s to the origins of the Vietnam War, Bradley reveals how American misconceptions about China have distorted our policies and led to the avoidable deaths of millions.
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British Friends of the American Revolution
This volume profiles a dozen British men and women, who, for varying reasons, opposed the policy of the British government towards its 13 colonies before and during the American Revolution. Their actions helped prepare the way for the recognition of the United States as an independent nation.
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