Abstract
Abstract
This chapter discusses the American peace movement’s emphasis on arbitration and international alliance-building after the Civil War and considers its impact on the literary culture of the United States. Opening with a discussion of the Alabama claims case in connection with the peace advocacy of Senator Charles Sumner, the chapter turns to the writings of Henry Adams, including his “secession winter” correspondence, his post-war political writings about civil service reform, and his novel Democracy: An American Novel (1880). The chapter concludes with a discussion of John Hay’s novel The Bread-winners: A Social Study (1883), with its themes of elite leadership and Anglo-American alliances, and his later diplomatic work, closing with a focus on his address to the Thirteenth International Peace Congress of 1904.
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Oxford University PressOxford
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