American Empire Lecture 7 February 4, 2008 1) Guide to the Diplomatic History of the U.S. Samuel Bemis a) Big debate in Canada about whether or not to help Britain i) Conservatives like: we'll get in the war quickly ii) Liberals like: if we get invol
American Empire Lecture 5 January 28, 2008 The Great (Race) War in America 1) Eric Hobsbawm a) Historian b) Belief there was a short 19th century and long 20th century i) 19th Century (1) Begins with French Revolution and ends with WWI ii) 20th Centu
American Empire
Lecture 4 January 23, 2008
The Beginning of an American Century, ca. 1910
1) Consistencies across the 20th century
a) US willing to work with authoritarian governments
i) Where its interests were lined up the US would protect capitalism in
American Empire Lecture 3 January 18, 2008 Empire Outside In 1) Cuba a) The last of Spain's territories b) Economic and cultural dependencies on the United States i) The exportation of sugar to the United States as a major mean of income ii) Baseball
Intl. U.S. in the 20th Century Lecture 2 January 16, 2008 1) Definitions of culture a) Culture as foreign policy b) Culture as commodity c) Culture as communication i) Possibly most important d) Culture as historiography 2) Foreign Policy a) Civilizi
Intl. History of the U.S. in 20th Century Lecture 1 January 14, 2008 1) Thesis of the course a) Culture counts in U.S. international history b) Interested in the power of the U.S., power of history to create and understanding of politics 2) Definitio
International History of the US in the 20th Century Lecture 18 April 7, 2008 Modernizing US Foreign Policy 1) Modernization a) Modernization theory and US foreign policy i) Help contain Communism in the Third World b) Changes to foreign policy in the
International History of the U.S. in the 20th Century Lecture 17 April 2, 2008 Elvis and Bemis, the 1950s and 1960s 1) Puerto Rico a) Became a commonwealth in 1952 b) Free exchange of labor/migration between US and Puerto Rico c) Puerto Rico free fro
International history of the U.S. in the 20th Century Lecture 16 March 31, 2008 New Empire into Old 1) "New Empire" a) Idea that US will dominate through economic power, not territorial 2) 1950s a) An decade of division 3) Korea a) Before WWII it was
International History of the U.S. in the 20th Century Lecture 15 March 26, 2008 Art during the Cold War 1) Piet Mondrian a) Viewed himself as a political artist b) He used primary colors and geographical shapes c) Art pieces were named after American
Cold War and cold war Capitalization of the term "Cold War" ca. 1948-88 o "Cold o o Historical epic and political process War" as a historical construction Extent and limits as a period and historiography Idea as being contained as a conflict between
International History of the U.S. in the 20th Century Lecture 13 February 27, 2008 One World into Two, Antifascism and Anticommunism 1) First Big Three Summit, Tehran, 1943 a) Shows new meaning of friendship with controversial ally b) Stalin, Churchi
International History of the US in the 20th Century Lecture 12 February 25, 2008 One World into Two ca 1940-1948 1) Watchtower Over Tomorrow (1945) a) Idea of a long lasting peace b) United Nations becomes a point of consensus between the allied powe
International History of the U.S. in the 20th Century Lecture 11 February 20, 2008 Wars within Wars 1) Soviet Union and Anti-Fascism a) Beginning in 1935 the USSR wanted to stop Fascism b) Marxism as an ideology works against the idea of nation and n
International History of the U.S. Lecture 10 February 18, 2008 Beginning of WWII 1) Wars a) Against racism, sexism, Communism, Fascism, against War itself 2) Individuals who changed the 1920s and 30s a) Claude McKay i) Author of the 1920s Spring in N
The International US in the 20th Century Lecture 9 February 11, 2008 The Advent of Regionalism in the Americas, ca. 1920-1940 1) Prof. Fein's definitions of "nasty words" a) Imperialism i) Influence of one nation on territory and people beyond that n
International History of the U.S. in the 20th Century Lecture 8 February 6, 2008 Guest Lecturer: Julia F. Irwin Under the Red Cross Flag: International Humanitarian Aid as Diplomacy: The American Red Cross 1881-1920s 1) Questions a) Can humanitarian
American Empire Lecture 6 January 30, 2008 1) Hiram Bingham a) Crucial to the understanding of history of US imperialism b) Professor of Latin American history at Yale c) Believed that the US was the only power that could govern uncivilized nations t
