Joseph Eaton - The Anglo-American Paper War. Debates about the New Republic, 1800-1825 [2012][A]

Book Description
Publication Date: December 21, 2012
The Anglo-American Paper War analyzes the forgotten literary conflict that garnered the attention of many renowned British and American writers: a war over images of the United States. The Paper War illustrated the diversity of nationalisms in both the United States and Britain, as Britons used America within their own domestic paper wars and Americans contested the meaning of their young republic. The creation of images of America was a two-way process, as Americans contributed to the creation of British commentaries regarding the United States and Britons shaped American self-understanding. Despite their Anglophobic proclamations of independence, Americans continued to use Britain as their measure. In this volume, Joseph Eaton offers valuable insight into the multiplicity of British and American nationalisms, the maturation of apologetics for slavery, the post-revolution exclusion of women from politics, and the early development of anti-Americanism.

Reviews
"The Anglo-American Paper War provides a coherent account of the formative tussles amongst commentators on both sides of the Atlantic; it enriches understanding of the cultural development of a newly independent nation and an imperial power coming to terms with this new relationship." - Dr Thomas Rodgers, Newcastle University

About the Author
JOSEPH EATON a former Fulbright Scholar, is an assistant professor at National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan. Eaton, a native of the state of Oklahoma, is a graduate of Columbia University, USA. Eaton's research interests include Anglo-American cultural relations and images of America in the World.