抵制美货运动展示了与传统排外主义迥然不同的对外方式和理念 ,包括人民主权思想和全民国家观念的兴起、新式社团和报刊等现代传媒的运用、民众政治参与意识的成长和现代舆论的崛起 ,以及文明理性的对外精神 ,因而是中国近代史上最早以近代民族主义为动员方式反抗西方列强的运动之一 The boycott of the U.S. campaign demonstrated a very different approach and philosophy to traditional xenophobia, including the rise of popular sovereignty and the idea of ​​a nation-state, the use of modern mass media such as new associations and newspapers and periodicals, the growing awareness of popular political participation and the rise of modern public opinion , As well as the rational external spirit of civilization, are therefore one of the earliest movements in modern history in China to resist the Western powers with modern nationalism as the mobilization method