Imperial Surge

by Paterson, Thomas G.; Rabe, Stephen G.; Paterson, Thomas G.; Rabe, Stephen G.

• ISBN13: 9780669269154
• ISBN10: 0669269158
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-02-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Part I of this text investigates issues such as McKinley's foreign policy, the Spanish-American War, economic factors, and the drive for influence in China and the Caribbean. Part II considers the anti-imperialist effort and its ultimate failure. Part III explores the impact of U.S. policy on other nations and peoples.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xv	(8)
Chronology	xxiii
I. Imperialism: The Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War and Empire	3	(90)
Paul Kennedy
The Rise of the United States to Great-Power Status	3	(11)
Michael H. Hunt
American Ideology: Vision of National Greatness and Racism	14	(17)
Richard Hofstadter
The Depression of the 1890s and Psychic Crisis	31	(6)
Lewis L. Gould
President McKinley's Strong Leadership and the Road to War	37	(11)
Walter LaFeber
The Business Community's Push for War	48	(8)
Thomas J. McCormick
Insular Possessions for the China Market	56	(12)
William Appleman Williams
The Open Door Policy and China	68	(11)
David F. Healy
The U.S. Drive to Hegemony in the Caribbean	79	(14)
II. Anti-Imperialism: The Rejected Alternative	93	(50)
Thomas J. Osborne
President Cleveland's Opposition to the Annexation of Hawaii	93	(5)
Teodoro A. Agoncillo
The Filipino Plea for Independence	98	(13)
Robert L. Beisner
The Anti-Imperialists' Case and Failure	111	(15)
Allen F. Davis
Jane Addams's Dissent from Militaristic Patriotism	126	(7)
Richard E. Welch, Jr.
American Writers as Anti-Imperialists	133	(10)
III. The Impact of U.S. Imperialism	143	(62)
Arturo Morales Carrion
Puerto Rico: Colonial Tutelage	143	(10)
Louis A. Perez, Jr.
Cuba: The Platt Amendment	153	(18)
Walter LaFeber
Panama: The Canal Treaty	171	(7)
Stanley Karnow
The Philippines: Americanization Through Education	178	(11)
Jane Hunter
China: Women Missionaries and Cultural Conquest	189	(16)
Suggestions for Additional Reading	205
Maps
Imperialism in Asia	54	(24)
U.S. Imperialism in the Caribbean and Central America	78