Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Introduction: An All-Time Historian's Favorite / Serge Ricard -- The Education of Theodore Roosevelt / Michael L Collins -- Theodore Roosevelt's Early Political Career: The Making of an Independent Republican and Urban Progressive / Edward P Kohn -- The Assistant Secretary of the Navy and the Spanish-American War Hero / Joseph Smith -- The Rough Rider as Super-Politician: Theodore Roosevelt's Ascendancy on the National Political Stage / Steven Doherty -- Preparedness and Defense: The Origins of Theodore Roosevelt's Strategy for the United States on the International Stage / J Simon Rofe -- Roosevelt's Republic / Joshua D Hawley -- Sex and Gender in Roosevelt's America / Andrew M Johnston -- ₃A Serious Art and Literature of Our Own₄: Exploring Theodore Roosevelt's Art World / Stephen L Levine -- Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential Power and the Regulation of the Market / Gary Murphy -- The Quality of Theodore Roosevelt's Environmentalism / Ethan Fishman -- Theodore Roosevelt and the Indians / Roger L Nichols -- ₃Half a Southerner₄: President Roosevelt, African Americans and the South / Adam D Burns -- Theodore Roosevelt and the Press / John M Thompson -- Theodore Roosevelt and the Joys of Family Life / Jon L Brudvig -- The Global Strategist: The Navy as the Nation's Big Stick / Carl Cavanagh Hodge -- Theodore Roosevelt, the Panama Canal, and the Roosevelt Corollary: Sphere of Influence Diplomacy / Stephen G Rabe -- Theodore Roosevelt and Canada: Alaska, the ₃Big Stick₄ and the North Atlantic Triangle, 1901₆1909 / Tony McCulloch -- Anglo-American Partnership: The Foundation of Theodore Roosevelt's Foreign Policy / William N Tilchin -- Theodore Roosevelt and the ₃Special Relationship₄ with France / David G Haglund -- America's First Intervention in European Politics: Theodore Roosevelt and the European Crisis of 1905₆1906 / Douglas Eden -- The End of an Era: Theodore Roosevelt and the Treaty of Portsmouth / Eugene P Trani, Donald E Davis -- Japanese-American Relations: The 1906 California Crisis, the Gentlemen's Agreement, and the World Cruise / David S Patterson -- ₃Uplifting the Barbarian₄ / Carol C Chin -- Roosevelt in Africa / Patricia O'Toole -- The New Nationalism and Progressive Issues: The Break with Taft and the 1912 Campaign / Claire Delahaye -- The Great War, Americanism Revisited, and the Anti-Wilson Crusade / Lloyd E Ambrosius -- Theodore Roosevelt's Contradictory Legacies: From Imperialist Nationalism to Advocacy of a Progressive Welfare State / Kathleen M Dalton -- The Memory of Theodore Roosevelt through Motion Pictures / M Patrick Cullinane -- Conclusion: A Rooseveltian Century? -- Bibliography -- Index.

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