Wednesday, March 9, 2011
HIST300F: Degenerating in the Tropics
After reading the first half of Hoganson and Adas's chapter on the Philippines, both authors offered us examples of how war and empire offered opportunity to American men. After considering those examples, how does Hoganson reveal the rising domestic fears that empire corrupts and causes American men to degenerate? How does Huntington's work on the tropics further reinforce this early-twentieth-century view that the tropics were a corrupting force?
HIST300A: Roosevelt Invents the Big Game Safari
Teddy Roosevelt: After three days on safari, have yet to take quinine--real American men should go into the tropics without any anti-malarial protection. I firmly believe a sound immune system is the sign of sound physical rigor and moral character. (May 1, 1909 at 7:43 a.m.)
Teddy Roosevelt: Feeling feverish. Probably just the heat. (May 2, 1909 at 1:37 p.m.)
Teddy Roosevelt: Laying down for just a moment to regain my strength. (May 2, 1909 at 6:12 p.m.)
Teddy Roosevelt: Annnnd I vomited. (May 2, 1909 at 6:15 p.m.)
Teddy Roosevelt: Feeling feverish. Probably just the heat. (May 2, 1909 at 1:37 p.m.)
Teddy Roosevelt: Laying down for just a moment to regain my strength. (May 2, 1909 at 6:12 p.m.)
Teddy Roosevelt: Annnnd I vomited. (May 2, 1909 at 6:15 p.m.)
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
HIST300F: Engineers for Empire
Free for all: Thoughts, comments, criticisms on Adas's chapter on the Philippines?
HIST300A: Pacifying the West
Free for all: Thoughts, questions, criticisms of Turner's ideas about the west and Jacoby's piece on Amerindian extermination?
Saturday, February 12, 2011
HIST300A: Post-Lecture Thoughts on Bison Extinction
Hey guys-- If you have any other thoughts or issues that we didn't get to in discussion, please share.
One problem I did want to get to is the seeming contradiction of wildlife preservationism and its connections to tourism and business during the early twentieth century. Nicole brought this issue up per her blogpost and raised the question of how wildlife preservation could maintain its moral and ethical goals while also being profit-driven. We're going to talk more about this in the coming weeks, but it might be worth exploring now. Thoughts?
Additionally, Brian also raised the interesting issue of the desensitized nature to the killing of wildlife during the late nineteenth century. We talked a bit about this in class, but I'd like to hear more of your thoughts--how do individual perpetrators of bison destruction not feel remorse or some type of emotional impulse that troubles them? When and why do you think this begins to change?
One problem I did want to get to is the seeming contradiction of wildlife preservationism and its connections to tourism and business during the early twentieth century. Nicole brought this issue up per her blogpost and raised the question of how wildlife preservation could maintain its moral and ethical goals while also being profit-driven. We're going to talk more about this in the coming weeks, but it might be worth exploring now. Thoughts?
Additionally, Brian also raised the interesting issue of the desensitized nature to the killing of wildlife during the late nineteenth century. We talked a bit about this in class, but I'd like to hear more of your thoughts--how do individual perpetrators of bison destruction not feel remorse or some type of emotional impulse that troubles them? When and why do you think this begins to change?
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