ࡱ> fhem bjbjj2j2 .FXbXb dddddxxxx|LxK@@@@@ KKKKKKK$pM&P3Kd3Kdd@@HK'''jd@d@ K' K''R:=@p9)mv;J^K0K;QQ<==bQd ? '3K3KKQB *: History 158: The New Empire: The Rise of Global America Professor Ruben Flores ruben.flores@rochester.edu, (510) 205-6505 M and W 10:25-11:40 LeChase 161 SYLLABUS, SPRING 2025 How did a nation surrounded by the French and British Empires at the end of the nineteenth century become the preeminent global superpower by the end of World War II in 1945? We will study the political and economic decisions after the U.S Civil War that culminated in the Spanish-American War of 1898, including Americas global invasion of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Samoa, and the Philippines. We will seek to understand the role of trade and consumer culture in the making of the Panama Canal and the American petroleum industry. And we will place the growth of the Soviet Union and the Marxist world in the context of Americas rise to global power and the Cold War that followed. Throughout, we will seek to understand how Americas military and economic strength has been understood internationally, beginning with the nations of Latin America and culminating with the 21st-century rise of China. THE NEW EMPIRE: THE RISE OF GLOBAL AMERICA INTRODUCTION January 22 First day of class. Syllabus, themes, and outcomes. January 24 1850 Read and discuss William Seward, The Whale Fishery, and American Commerce in the Pacific Ocean, 1852. THE CULTURE OF GROWTH January 27 Why expansion? Read and discuss Walter LeFeber, The New Empire Powerpoint presention January 29 Why expansion? (contd) Read and discuss Walter LeFeber, The New Empire EXPANSION AS UTILITY February 3 The Cultural History of Expansion: Josiah Strong, Frederick Jackson Turner, Brooks Adams Powerpoint presentation during class February 5 Read and discuss Albert Beveridge, For the Greater Republic, Not Imperialism, 1899. February 10 Asia and the Philippines Read and discuss Paul Kramer, The Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States and the Philippines pp. 78-140. February 12 Central America and the Panama Canal Chiquita Banana, Journey to Bananaland American Experience, Into the Amazon February 17, 19 Victorian Ideology and the Demise of the Genteel Tradition The Vitalism of Immigrant Growth COLLAPSE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE February 24, 26 Greg Grandin Fordlandia The Collapse of the British Empire Paper 1: Due Feb 19 THE TOTALITARIAN ALTERNATIVE March 3 The Communist Manifesto and the Capitalist Threat The Universal Challenge: Soviet Expansion Across the Cosmos Soviet Influence in the World Reading: to be determined. Radio Free Dixie. WORLD WAR II and America Ascendant March 5 World War II March 8-16 Spring Break No classes March 17, 19 Bretton Woods and the Pax Americana March 24, 26 Watch Coup 53 State Violence and Genocide in Latin America: The Cold War Years Paper 2: Due Mar 24 THE FALL OF AMERICA March 31, Apr 2 Neil Sheehan, A Bright, Shining Lie Extracts from the Pentagon Papers  April 7, 9 The Backlash Against the State Watch The Deerhunter Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home THE CULTURE OF WORLD POWER April 14, 16 Read Kristin Ghodseee Red Hangover April 21, 23 David A. 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