HIUS 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Neocolonialism, Commodification, Gated Community
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Hius 103 lecture 7 tourism and militarism. Naming the united states in the pacific world. Late 18th - early 19th centuries: maritime power, wanting to get to china to pursue trade. 1898 - 1945: colonial empire, us dominance depending on acquiring territories. 1945 - present: military empire, the (cid:858)(cid:374)e(cid:449)(cid:859) e(cid:373)pi(cid:396)e, empire of bases, archipelago empire. Imperialism no longer reliant upon annexation, conquest, colonialism. Japan an exception, emerging as new industrial nation. Post-wwii/post-1945 transition from us colonial empire to military. In asia, us militarism replaced colonialism; in the pacific, militarism and colonialism overlapped. Us military: military industrial complex, 800 military bases around the world that have been counted for. In the pacific, militarism is dependent on colonialism: do(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:374)eed ofas (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ies. Militaris(cid:373) a(cid:374)d touris(cid:373) i(cid:374) hawaii"i: militarism and tourism tied together, erasure of hawaiian history, us put at center of narrative, hawaiian history starting at wwii, 12/7/1941 replacing overthrow of 1893 as original act of violence against hawaii.
