HIS377H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Manifest Destiny, Rational Agent, Femininity
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Course introduction & the emergence of america as a great power : america takes an imperial turn . Wanted to be an example to the world. Still engaged with the world, just changed the way they did. Imperialism: taking wealth and freedom away from others to provide for your own welfare. "america had greatness thrust upon it" - ernest may. "and, of course, the us was never truly "imperialistic" anyway. But it never embraced imperialism on the european model. "we are the nation of human progress, and who will, what can, set limits to our onward march?" Do expansion and the pursuit of empire change america"s national identity as a. Key words of progressivism are reform, modernize, reactionary - wiebe. America "willfully sacrificed order" to find opportunities - lafeber. Means of empire - uses and abuses of power. America was a "greater england with a nobler destiny. " Cleveland and monroe doctrine (arbitration & british guiana)
