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IMPERIALISM IN THE AMERICAS

IMPERIALISM IN THE AMERICAS. About the Analytical Paper. Topic: Any subject related to U.S.-Latin American relations (whether or not covered in class)—proposed by student and approved by Kelly Matush Examples: Sports (e.g. baseball), film (depictions of Latina women),

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IMPERIALISM IN THE AMERICAS

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  1. IMPERIALISM IN THE AMERICAS

  2. About the Analytical Paper • Topic: Any subject related to U.S.-Latin American relations (whether or not covered in class)—proposed by student and approved by Kelly Matush • Examples: Sports (e.g. baseball), film (depictions of Latina women), music (lyrics, popularity of stars, etc.), advertising (Corona beer) • In-class examples: Content of Latin American nationalism, impacts of drug war (e.g., Plan Colombia or Plan Mérida), reactions to 9/11, Obama relationship with Latin leaders, Hugo Chávez phenomenon, evaluations of NAFTA • Format: 10-12 double-spaced pages (including notes or bibliography); 1-inch margins; 12-pt. font; include page numbers. You may choose a citation style. • Due: Wednesday, March 5th (via Turnitin link on TED page and hard copy in class) • Prompt: A paper prompt will be posted to the (forthcoming) TED page.

  3. The Imperial Era • Reading: Smith, Talons, Introduction, chs. 1-4

  4. KEY QUESTIONS • What is the current state of U.S. relations with Latin America? • What (if anything) is unique or “new” about the present situation? How much have we seen before? • Where is the relationship headed? What might the future hold?

  5. BASIC ASSUMPTIONS • International system based on tacit codes of conduct or “regimes” • Regimes change according to distributions of power—political, economic, otherwise • U.S. relations with Latin America thus take place within changing contexts (“regimes”) • Latin American policy is key part of dialectic • Latin America is more important to U.S. than is generally recognized

  6. THE UNITED STATES AS AN IMPERIAL POWER Global Context: Great Powers, Grand Strategies, and the Rules of the Game • The balance of power • Notions of sovereignty • Imperialism and the pursuit of power

  7. Imperialism and Its Variations • Conquest and incorporation (France) • Colonization (England, Holland, Spain) • Spheres of influence/ Spheres of interest (various)

  8. The U.S. Strategy • Driving Europe out • Monroe Doctrine (1823) • Preference for Spain • “No-transfer” principle (1811, 1869) • Panama and World War I • Creating America’s “empire” • Stage 1: Territorial conquest and incorporation (Mexico, Cuba?) Parenthesis: Colonization (Puerto Rico, Philippines) • Stage 2: Dollar diplomacy and periodic intervention (Caribbean and Latin America as a whole)

  9. U.S. Military Interventions in the Caribbean Basin Costa Rica 1921 Cuba 1898-1902, 1906-1909, 1912, 1917-1922 Dominican Rep 1903, 1904, 1914, 1916-1924 Haiti 1915-1934 Honduras 1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1924, 1925 Mexico 1913, 1914, 1916-1917, 1918-1919 Nicaragua 1898, 1899, 1909-1910, 1912-1925, 1926-1933 Panama 1903-1914, 1921, 1925

  10. Ideology and Its Complications • The doctrine of “manifest destiny” • The problem of race • The historic compromise • Power and Its Costs: The Rise of Anti-Imperialism

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