{"product_id":"wilsonian-visions-james-mcallister-9781501759932","title":"Wilsonian Visions: The Williamstown Institute of Politics and American Internationalism After the First World War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilsonian Visions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, James McAllister recovers the history of the most influential forum of American liberal internationalism in the immediate aftermath of the First World War: The Williamstown Institute of Politics.\u003c\/b\u003e Established in 1921 by Harry A. Garfield, the president of Williams College, the Institute was dedicated to promoting an informed perspective on world politics even as the United States, still gathering itself after World War I, retreated from the Wilsonian vision of active involvement in European political affairs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocated on the Williams campus in the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts, the Institute's annual summer session of lectures and roundtables attracted scholars, diplomats, and peace activists from around the world. Newspapers and press services reported the proceedings and controversies of the Institute to an American public divided over fundamental questions about US involvement in the world. In an era where the institutions of liberal internationalism were just taking shape, Garfield's institutional model was rapidly emulated by colleges and universities across the US. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcAllister narrates the career of the Institute, tracing its roots back to the tragedy of the First World War and Garfield's disappointment in America's failure to join the League of Nations. He also shows the Progressive Era origins of the Institute and the importance of the political and intellectual relationship formed between Garfield and Wilson at Princeton University in the early 1900s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on new and previously unexamined archival materials, \u003ci\u003eWilsonian Visions\u003c\/i\u003e restores the Institute to its rightful status in the intellectual history of US foreign relations and shows it to be a formative institution as the country transitioned from domestic isolation to global engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James McAllister\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501759930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501759932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"James McAllister","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43989265514751,"sku":"9781501759932","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c201da0-f765-4a63-ba1c-359784306c62.jpg?v=1683298521","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wilsonian-visions-james-mcallister-9781501759932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}