Into New Territory: American Historians and the Concept of US Imperialism

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Into New Territory E s tud฀ ies฀in฀฀ a mer ic a n ฀฀ thought E฀ a n d฀cul฀ tu r e Series Editor Paul S. Boyer E Advisory Board Charles M. Capper Mary Kupiec Cayton Lizabeth Cohen Nan Enstad James B. Gilbert Karen Halttunen Michael Kammen James T. Kloppenberg Colleen McDannell Joan S. Rubin P. Sterling Stuckey Robert B. Westbrook E Into New Territory American Historians and the Concept of US Imperialism James G. Morgan the฀uni฀ ver฀ sity฀of฀wis฀ con฀ sin฀press Publication of this volume has been made possible, in part, through support from the Anonymous Fund of the College of Letters and Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The University of Wisconsin Press 1930 Monroe Street, 3rd Floor Madison, Wisconsin 53711-2059 uwpress.wisc.edu 3 Henrietta Street London WC2E 8LU, England eurospanbookstore.com Copyright © 2014 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any format or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a website without written permission of the University of Wisconsin Press, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles and reviews. Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Morgan, James G., author. Into new territory: American historians and the concept of US imperialism / James G. Morgan. pages cm — (Studies in American thought and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-299-30044-9 (pbk.: alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-299-30043-2 (e-book) 1. Williams, William Appleman. 2. United States—Territorial expansion—Historiography. 3. United States—Foreign relations—Historiography. 4. United States—Foreign relations—Philosophy—Historiography. 5. Imperialism—Historiography. 6. Historians—United States. 7. Historians—Wisconsin. I. Title. II. Series: Studies in American thought and culture. E183.7.M74 2014 973.072—dc23 2013042703 To my family ...