Liberty and American Anti-Imperialism

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Michael Patrick Cullinane

   Pages 1-10

3. The Origins of a Movement

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   Pages 11-28

4. Opposing the Treaty of Paris

   • Michael Patrick Cullinane

   Pages 29-49

5. Citizenship and the Election of 1900

   • Michael Patrick Cullinane

   Pages 51-73

6. Building Transnational Networks

   • Michael Patrick Cullinane

   Pages 75-92

7. The Insular Cases

   • Michael Patrick Cullinane

   Pages 93-114

8. The Social Movement

   • Michael Patrick Cullinane

   Pages 115-147

9. Split and Decline

   • Michael Patrick Cullinane

   Pages 149-176

10. Conclusion

    • Michael Patrick Cullinane

    Pages 177-182

11. Back Matter

    Pages 183-246

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This book provides a study of the American anti-imperialist movement during its most active years of opposition to US foreign policy, from 1898 to 1909. It re-evaluates the movement's motives and operations throughout these years by evaluating the way in which Americans conceived the idea of 'liberty.'

• 1900
• foreign policy
• imperialism
• liberty

'A fresh examination of the anti-imperialist movement was long overdue. And here it is. Michael Patrick Cullinane has given us new insights into anti-imperialist arguments of a century ago, and how their struggles over American concepts of liberty foreshadowed today's debates.' Lloyd Gardner, professor emeritus, Rutgers University, and author of The Road to Tahrir Square

'Michael Patrick Cullinane has written an extraordinary book, one which revises and revivifies the history of anti-imperialism in the United States. Liberty and American Anti-Imperialism reveals that anti-imperialism in the United States, long considered dead and irrelevant once the Philippines had been annexed, on the contrary lived on as an opposition movement for another two decades. Cullinane has written a major work of restoration, giving the reader a history of transnational anti-imperialist activism in the face of the rising American empire that is especially important today.' Marilyn B. Young, professor of History, New York University

Michael Patrick Cullinane is a lecturer in History at Northumbria University.