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The New Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion, 1860-1898

Walter F. LaFeber

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Description:PROFESSOR LaFEBER relates the emergence of the United States as a world power in 1898 to the industrial revolution that occurred during the previous half-century. His is the first comprehensive study to relate the expansion of America's overseas empire to industrial changes of the period and the reaction to those changes by American statesmen.Americans neither acquired their empire during a temporary absence of mind nor had it forced upon them, LaFeber explains. Expansionism was not a break with history but a culmination of it. The belief that foreign markets would solve the economic, social, and political problems crested by the industrial revolution and the desire of the federal government to aid American producers in their search for these markets are clues to understanding the birth of the new American empire in 1898.In the course of presenting the book's thesis, Professor LaFeber describes the role of such statesmen as Seward, Evarts, Frelinghuysen, Blaine, Harrison, Cleveland and Gresham. LaFeber contends that history should give more importance to the role of William McKinley in American diplomacy. He feels that the policy makers and businessmen of the period were responsible, conscientious men who accepted the economic and social realities of their day and debated issues vigorously. Not denying that some of their decisions led to unfortunate consequences, the author finds that these men were striking out on new and uncharted paths to create what they sincerely hoped would be a better world.The critical depression of 1893-1897 and the response of the Cleveland and McKinley administrations, the attitude of the American business community toward the prospect of war with Spain in 1898, and the so-called "Imperialist vs. Anti-Imperialist" debate of 1899-1900 are also discussed here.The events that led to U.S. involvement in Cuba and Haiti, in Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and in Hawaii and the Philippines, are especially significant in the light of current events.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The New Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion, 1860-1898. To get started finding The New Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion, 1860-1898, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: PROFESSOR LaFEBER relates the emergence of the United States as a world power in 1898 to the industrial revolution that occurred during the previous half-century. His is the first comprehensive study to relate the expansion of America's overseas empire to industrial changes of the period and the reaction to those changes by American statesmen.Americans neither acquired their empire during a temporary absence of mind nor had it forced upon them, LaFeber explains. Expansionism was not a break with history but a culmination of it. The belief that foreign markets would solve the economic, social, and political problems crested by the industrial revolution and the desire of the federal government to aid American producers in their search for these markets are clues to understanding the birth of the new American empire in 1898.In the course of presenting the book's thesis, Professor LaFeber describes the role of such statesmen as Seward, Evarts, Frelinghuysen, Blaine, Harrison, Cleveland and Gresham. LaFeber contends that history should give more importance to the role of William McKinley in American diplomacy. He feels that the policy makers and businessmen of the period were responsible, conscientious men who accepted the economic and social realities of their day and debated issues vigorously. Not denying that some of their decisions led to unfortunate consequences, the author finds that these men were striking out on new and uncharted paths to create what they sincerely hoped would be a better world.The critical depression of 1893-1897 and the response of the Cleveland and McKinley administrations, the attitude of the American business community toward the prospect of war with Spain in 1898, and the so-called "Imperialist vs. Anti-Imperialist" debate of 1899-1900 are also discussed here.The events that led to U.S. involvement in Cuba and Haiti, in Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and in Hawaii and the Philippines, are especially significant in the light of current events.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The New Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion, 1860-1898. To get started finding The New Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion, 1860-1898, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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