American empire at the turn of the twentieth century
Subtitle: a brief history with documents
By: [compiled and edited by] Kristin L. Hoganson
Series: The Bedford series in history and culture; Bedford series in history and culture
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, Macmillan Learning
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780312677053
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Sources; Study skills; Study and teaching; Diplomatic relations; Imperialism; Foreign relations; History
Description: This volume introduces students to primary documents on American empire from a pivotal era of U.S. expansion beyond the North American continent in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Along with covering a wide range of places-including Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines-the documents touch on a wide range of themes, among them race, citizenship, civilization, democracy, cross-cultural encounter, imperialism, anti-imperialism, and self-determination. Kristin Hoganson's introduction provides the context essential to understanding this period and the ways in which the echoes of 1898 still reverberate today, including in the reach of U.S. power and the composition of the American people. Through a collection of sources representing the voices of those living under imperial rule as well as those imposing and opposing it, students can consider the American imperial endeavors.

Contains primary source documents.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. One. Introduction: The United States in an age of empire; title: American empire; title: The imperial world system; title: 1898 in the larger sweep of time; title: Expanding interests; title: The golden age of missions; title: Crisis in Cuba; title: Why did the United States intervene in the Cuban-Spanish War?; title: U.S. intervention in Cuba; title: Puerto Rico; title: Hawaii; title: Intervention in the Philippines; title: Conduct of the war in the Philippines; title: Government in the Philippines; title: Beyond the Philippines; title: Empire at home; title: The imperial origins of our own global age; title: Pt. Two. The documents; title: 1. The United States in an age of empire; title: 2. Missionary endeavors; title: 3. Co-opting the Cuban Revolution; title: 4. Military conduct; title: 5. The case for taking and holding the Philippines; title: 6. Objections to the U.S. Philippines Policy; title: 7. Colonial governance; title: 8. Race making in colonial contexts; title: 9. Commercial interests.