Colonialism, Imperialism, Hegemony
Definitions Colonialism: Imperialism: Hegemony: People Direct power Indirect power
Colonialism American West Hawai’i + Alaska Rationales: Manifest Destiny, Social Darwinism, Frederick Jackson Turner “frontier thesis,” population pressure, economic pressure Policies: land grants, Indian Wars Outcome: extermination of natives or “assimilation”
Imperialism Cuba Philippines Panama Rationales: Social Darwinism, White Man’s Burden, markets (neo-mercantilism) Policies: Roosevelt Corollary Outcome: occupation, military build-up, subjugation and murder of natives
Hegemony Latin America / Caribbean China Africa and Middle East (post-WWII) Rationales: economic, “stability,” security Policies: McKinley: Open Door Policy, Taft: Dollar Diplomacy, Wilson: Moral Diplomacy, Roosevelt: Good Neighbor Policy Outcome: “banana republics,” dictatorships
Iraq? Imperialism to create democracy? Niall Ferguson, Colossus: nations that have been thoroughly “imperialized” (India, Singapore, Hawai’i, Philippines) do better (economically, politically) than those that have not (Africa, Middle East)