Wilsonian Moment Self-Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism

Name: Wilsonian Moment Self-Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism
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ISBN: 9780195378535

ISBN-10: 0195378539

ISBN-13: 9780195378535

Edition: 2009

Authors: Erez Manela

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During the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, while key decisions were debated by the victorious Allied powers, a multitude of smaller nations and colonies held their breath, waiting to see how their fates would be decided. President Woodrow Wilson, in his Fourteen Points, had called for "a free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims," giving equal weight would be given to the opinions of the colonized peoples and the colonial powers. Among those nations now paying close attention to Wilson's words and actions were the budding nationalist leaders of four disparate non-Western societies--Egypt, India, China, and Korea. That spring, Wilson's words would help…

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List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/9/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.10" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Erez Manela is Professor of History, Harvard University.



Note on Names


Introduction: A Spring of Upheaval



The Emergence of the Wilsonian Moment



Self-Determination for Whom?



Fighting for the Mind of Mankind



The Internationalization of Nationalism



President Wilson Arrives in Cairo



Laying India's Ailments before Dr. Wilson



China's Place among Nations



Seizing the Moment in Seoul



The Failure of Liberal Anticolonialism



The 1919 Revolution



From Paris to Amritsar



Empty Chairs at Versailles



A World Safe for Empire?


Conclusion: Toward a "Family of Nations"


Note on Sources and Abbreviations


Notes


Bibliography


Index