威尔逊：一位几乎被人遗忘的历史学家

伍德罗.威尔逊的史学成就主要表现在两个方面:一是以民主史观、人民史观和边疆史观对美国历史上的一些重大问题提出新颖的、有见地的分析,二是在史学理论方面进行了有益的开拓性的探讨。威尔逊是美国历史学由描述性研究阶段走向分析性研究阶段的代表人物之一。     

威尔逊与菲律宾的"菲化"

美国统治菲律宾初期,共和党采取双重的殖民政策,拒绝对其独立做出明确的承诺。威尔逊执政以后,不仅委派弗朗西斯·哈里森在菲律宾推行一系列“菲化”政策,而且还力促议会讨论通过并亲自签署《琼斯法案》,答应在菲律宾人建立稳定政府后就给予他们最终的独立。但他又认为,自治是一种性格,菲律宾的独立,要等到美国所强加的命令和他们应该拥有的自治达到最好调节的时候,扩大自治的速度和兑现独立承诺的时间要视菲律宾的安全和美国的长远利益而定。所以,威尔逊对菲政策的实质就是美国殖民统治下的激进改革,目的仍然是为了维护美国的国家利益。     

Presidential Politics on Tour: George Washington to Woodrow Wilson

This article uses a study of presidential touring to advance an alternative view that nineteenth-century presidents embraced opportunities provided by exogenous forces to develop and maintain a relationship with the public. This argument stands in contrast to traditional accounts that the president was bounded by norms and ideas of proper behavior. Instead, I posit that presidents were much more responsive to evolving opportunities to participate effectively in political competition.     

The Unending Debate over Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations Fight

Book reviewed:
John Milton Cooper. Breaking the Heart of The World: Woodrow Wilson and the Fight for the League of Nations.     

President Wilson's Brain Trust: Woodrow Wilson,Francis X. Dercum,and American Neurology

On October 2, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that paralyzed the left half of his body. Wilson's stroke forced the American public to confront stroke, and laypeople came to identify stroke as a nervous disorder, rather than a condition rooted solely in psychological phenomena. His medical care was overseen by Cary Grayson, his personal internist, and Francis X. Dercum, a remarkably accomplished neurologist from Philadelphia. Dercum was very involved in the treatment of the President, from the day of the stroke until years later. While the medical records have been destroyed, some basic facts of Wilson's treatment and rehabilitation can be inferred from the literature. Although Woodrow Wilson was an exceptional patient, his care, albeit administered by some of the most famous physicians of the era, was typical of the time. Therefore, this paper's approach to Wilson's 1919 stroke contextualizes the President's case into the larger scheme of early twentieth-century neurology.