Nineteenth Century America in the Society of States

Reluctant Power

Cornelia Navari, Yannis A. Stivachtis, Cornelia Navari, Yannis A. Stivachtis

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032370156
• eBook ISBN: 9781003807889
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Política y relaciones internacionales
• Subtopic: Relaciones internacionales

This book examines how the United States adopted and contributed to the practices of international society—the habits and practices states use to regulate their relations—during the nineteenth century. Expert contributors consider America's "entry" into international society and how independence forced it to enter into diplomatic relations with European states and start a permanent engagement with a society of states. Individual chapters focus on U.S. perceptions of the international order and its place within it, the U.S. position on international issues of that period, and how America's perceptions and positions affected or were affected by the habits, practices, and institutions of international society. This volume will serve as an invaluable text for undergraduate courses focusing on international relations theory and U.S. foreign policy. It will also appeal to established scholars in international relations, diplomacy, and international history and historical sociology.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• List of Contributors
• 1 The United States in the Nineteenth-Century International Society: An Introduction
• 2 Nineteenth-Century America’s Role in Global History: A Brief
• 3 The American Founding and the Society of States
• 4 America and the Other Revolutions: Neutrality and Non-engagement in Latin America and Greece
• 5 The United States, the Monroe Doctrine, and International Society
• 6 Slaves, Indians, and European Legal Formalism in Nineteenth-Century America
• 7 The United States inside “British International Society,” 1838–1860: Imperial Rivalries and Compatibilities
• 8 The United States and the Liberal Transformation of International Society in the Nineteenth Century: The Institution of Sovereignty
• 9 Wheaton’s Elements and the Expansion of International Society
• 10 America and Arbitration as an Institution of International Society in the Nineteenth Century: American and British Treaties from 1783 to 1871
• 11 The United States as a Great Power: The Nineteenth-Century Acceptance of Rank
• 12 Constituting the Long Nineteenth Century: The United States and the Primary Institutions of International Society
• Index