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<p>List of Figures x</p> <p>Notes on Contributors xi</p> <p>Introduction: An All-Time Historian’s Favorite 1<br /><i>Serge Ricard</i></p> <p>1. The Education of Theodore Roosevelt 8<br /><i>Michael L. Collins</i></p> <p>2. Theodore Roosevelt’s Early Political Career: The Making of an Independent Republican and Urban Progressive 27<br /><i>Edward P. Kohn</i></p> <p>3. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy and the Spanish-American War Hero 45<br /><i>Joseph Smith</i></p> <p>4. The Rough Rider as Super-Politician: Theodore Roosevelt’s Ascendancy on the National Political Stage 59<br /><i>Steven Doherty</i></p> <p>5. Preparedness and Defense: The Origins of Theodore Roosevelt’s Strategy for the United States on the International Stage 78<br /><i>J. Simon Rofe</i></p> <p>6. Roosevelt’s Republic 94<br /><i>Joshua D. Hawley</i></p> <p>7. Sex and Gender in Roosevelt’s America 112<br /><i>Andrew M. Johnston</i></p> <p>8. “A Serious Art and Literature of Our Own”: Exploring Theodore Roosevelt’s Art World 135<br /><i>Stephen L. Levine</i></p> <p>9. Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential Power and the Regulation of the Market 154<br /><i>Gary Murphy</i></p> <p>10. The Quality of Theodore Roosevelt’s Environmentalism 173<br /><i>Ethan Fishman</i></p> <p>11. Theodore Roosevelt and the Indians 186<br /><i>Roger L. Nichols</i></p> <p>12. “Half a Southerner”: President Roosevelt, African Americans and the South 198<br /><i>Adam D. Burns</i></p> <p>13. Theodore Roosevelt and the Press 216<br /><i>John M. Thompson</i></p> <p>14. Theodore Roosevelt and the Joys of Family Life 237<br /><i>Jon L. Brudvig</i></p> <p>15. The Global Strategist: The Navy as the Nation’s Big Stick 257<br /><i>Carl Cavanagh Hodge</i></p> <p>16. Theodore Roosevelt, the Panama Canal, and the Roosevelt Corollary: Sphere of Influence Diplomacy 274<br /><i>Stephen G. Rabe</i></p> <p>17. Theodore Roosevelt and Canada: Alaska, the “Big Stick” and the North Atlantic Triangle, 1901–1909 293<br /><i>Tony McCulloch</i></p> <p>18. Anglo-American Partnership: The Foundation of Theodore Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy 314<br /><i>William N. Tilchin</i></p> <p>19. Theodore Roosevelt and the “Special Relationship” with France 329<br /><i>David G. Haglund</i></p> <p>20. America’s First Intervention in European Politics: Theodore Roosevelt and the European Crisis of 1905–1906 350<br /><i>Douglas Eden</i></p> <p>21. The End of an Era: Theodore Roosevelt and the Treaty of Portsmouth 368<br /><i>Eugene P. Trani and Donald E. Davis</i></p> <p>22. Japanese-American Relations: The 1906 California Crisis, the Gentlemen’s Agreement, and the World Cruise 391<br /><i>David S. Patterson</i></p> <p>23. “Uplifting the Barbarian” 417<br /><i>Carol C. Chin</i></p> <p>24. Roosevelt in Africa 435<br /><i>Patricia O’Toole</i></p> <p>25. The New Nationalism and Progressive Issues: The Break with Taft and the 1912 Campaign 452<br /><i>Claire Delahaye</i></p> <p>26. The Great War, Americanism Revisited, and the Anti-Wilson Crusade 468<br /><i>Lloyd E. Ambrosius</i></p> <p>27. Theodore Roosevelt’s Contradictory Legacies: From Imperialist Nationalism to Advocacy of a Progressive Welfare State 485<br /><i>Kathleen M. Dalton</i></p> <p>28. The Memory of Theodore Roosevelt through Motion Pictures 502<br /><i>M. Patrick Cullinane</i></p> <p>Conclusion: A Rooseveltian Century? 521<br /><i>Serge Ricard</i></p> <p>Bibliography 528</p> <p>Index 561</p>

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<b>Serge Ricard</b> is Professor Emeritus of American Studies and U.S. History at the Sorbonne Nouvelle (University of Paris III), France. He has published extensively in both French and English on Theodore Roosevelt, American expansionism, U.S. foreign policy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, and Mexican-American culture. His publications include <i>Théodore Roosevelt: principes et pratique d’une politique étrangère</i> (1991), <i>The Mass Media in America: An Overview</i> (1998), and <i>The “Manifest Destiny” of the United States in the 19th Century: Ideological and Political A</i>spects (1999).

Theodore Roosevelt is among the most popular American presidents. He was the first to tackle the trusts and advocate federal control of the economy and government protection of the underprivileged, and the first really environmentally-conscious chief executive, whose conservation policies, by today’s standards, seems truly insightful. <br /> <br /> Most episodes of Theodore Roosevelt’s eventful life and career have been thoroughly studied by researchers; yet, A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt is the first comprehensive anthology to encompass Roosevelt as whole, highlighting both his multi-faceted personality and his skilled diplomacy. It provides background and interpretive reading for the non-specialist while also addressing the needs of scholars seeking in-depth knowledge of the 26th president. <br /> <br /> <i>A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt</i> revitalizes and internationalizes scholarship on Roosevelt with contributions from both sides of the Atlantic, not only by some of the established Roosevelt specialists and many other respected scholars, but also by a new generation of historians. The result is a fresh and extensive historiographical exploration of Roosevelt’s life and ideas, his political career and achievements, and his legacies.

“An impressive collection of essays that provides up-to-date information on how historians have studied and interpreted the manifold aspects of Theodore Roosevelt’s life and career. The twentieth century may, or may not, have been ‘a Rooseveltian century,’ as the editor suggests, but it is clear from these essays that Theodore Roosevelt was the first U.S. leader who tried to understand and respond systematically to an increasingly diversified world, politically, socially, and culturally.” – <i>Akira Iriye, Harvard University<br /> </i><br /> “Theodore Roosevelt occupies an iconic position in American history.  Serge Ricard has assembled a distinguished international group of scholars who provide an insightful, comprehensive, and accessible view of TR the person, the political leader, and president.” <br /> – <i>George Edwards, George and Julia Blucher Jordan Chair in Presidential Studies, Texas A&M University<br /> </i><br /> “Serge Ricard’s splendid <i>Companion to Theodore Roosevelt</i> is one of the most comprehensive assessments of the personality and policies of this complex American chief executive to appear in print. The international group of contributors and the stunning breadth of its coverage should appeal to the specialist in American history as well as to the general reader.” – <i>William R. Keylor, Boston University, author of The Twentieth Century and Beyond: An International History since 1900<br /> </i> <br /> <br />

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