HIUS 103 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Colonialism, Asia, Philippines
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Turner"s (cid:862)frontier thesis(cid:863) and narrati(cid:448)e of progress: pacific/west framed as narrative of progress, narrative of progress key to idea of american exceptionalism. Frederick jackson turner: historia(cid:374) of a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) west a(cid:374)d author of (cid:862)the ig(cid:374)ifi(cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e of the frontier in american. Frontier meeting point between savagery and civilization: heart of national identity. Framed us history through single concept: the frontier: defined by americans moving out westward, narrated us history as story of westward movement and expansion, which was equated with american progress. Identifications of key terms: one essay, study guide, chicago style, print out writing assignments. Hius 103 lecture 2 knowledge systems of oceania. Narrative of discovery: tu(cid:396)(cid:374)e(cid:396)(cid:859)s f(cid:396)o(cid:374)tie(cid:396) thesis, centering white men in history, frontier is closed. Ignores how non-europeans generated understandings of the world and their relationship to it. Racism, colonialism, imperialism: central themes in long history of western engagements with pacific world. Imperialism: expansion of nations outside their territorial boundaries.
