The Politics of Official Apologies Book

Preface and Acknowledgments     ix
Toward a Membership Theory of Apologies     1
History of National Memberships in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States     42
To Apologize or Not to Apologize: National Histories and Official Apologies     71
Beyond Sentiment? Apologies and Their Effects     112
The Weight of History and the Value of Apologies     139
Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Public Apologies     155
Bibliography     167
Index     189