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IMPERIALISM IN THE AMERICAS

IMPERIALISM IN THE AMERICAS. Updates/Reminders. http://dss.ucsd.edu/~phsmith/teaching.htm Office hours: Tuesday 3-5, SSB 364. The Imperial Era. Reading: Smith, Talons , Introduction, chs. 1-3 CR “Documents on Imperialism” Items a, b, d (on U.S. imperialism)

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IMPERIALISM IN THE AMERICAS

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  1. IMPERIALISM IN THE AMERICAS

  2. Updates/Reminders • http://dss.ucsd.edu/~phsmith/teaching.htm • Office hours: Tuesday 3-5, SSB 364

  3. The Imperial Era • Reading: • Smith, Talons, Introduction, chs. 1-3 • CR “Documents on Imperialism” • Items a, b, d (on U.S. imperialism) • Items c, e (on Latin American reactions)

  4. About the Analytical Paper • Topic: Any subject related to U.S.-Latin American relations (whether or not covered in class)—proposed by student and approved by TA • Examples: Sports (e.g. baseball), film (depictions of Latina women), music (lyrics, popularity of stars, etc.), advertising (Corona beer) • In-class examples: Content of Latin American nationalism, impacts of drug war (e.g., Plan Colombia), reactions to 9/11, Bush relationship with Latin leaders, Hugo Chávez phenomenon, evaluations of NAFTA • Length: 8-12 double-spaced pages (plus notes or bibliography) • Due: Monday, March 1

  5. THE UNITED STATES AS AN IMPERIAL POWER • Global Context: Great Powers and Grand Strategies • The balance of power • Notions of sovereignty • Imperialism and the pursuit of power

  6. Imperialism and Its Variations • Conquest and incorporation (France) • Colonization (England, Holland, Spain) • Spheres of influence/ • Spheres of interest (various)

  7. The U.S. Strategy • 1. Driving Europe out • Monroe Doctrine (1823) • Preference for Spain • “No-transfer” principle (1811, 1869) • Panama and World War I • 2. Creating America’s “empire” • Stage 1: Territorial conquest and incorporation (Mexico, Cuba?) • Parenthesis: Colonization (Puerto Rico, Philippines) • Stage 2: Dollar diplomacy and periodic intervention (Caribbean and Latin America as a whole)

  8. U.S. Military Interventions in the Caribbean Basin Costa Rica 1921 Cuba 1898-1902, 1906-1909, 1912, 1917-1922 Dominican Rep 1903, 1904, 1914, 1916-1924 Haiti 1915-1934 Honduras 1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1924, 1925 Mexico 1913, 1914, 1916-1917, 1918-1919 Nicaragua 1898, 1899, 1909-1910, 1912-1925, 1926-1933 Panama 1903-1914, 1921, 1925

  9. Ideology and Its Complications • The doctrine of “manifest destiny” • The problem of race • The historic compromise • Power and Its Costs: The Rise of Anti-Imperialism

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