GGR240H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: World'S Columbian Exposition, United States Northern Command, Egyptians
Document Summary
North american agriculture and lifestyles: the world"s fair (or columbian exposition) of 1893 as a symbol of. American progress and imperial ambition (precisely as the continental frontier was closing", according to turner): the origins of american empire in the late 19th century (hawaii, the. Caribbean, the philippines): new york as a global cultural capital in the early 20th century, and the important role of the harlem renaissance. The second world war in the northwest: the alcan (later alaska) Highway, built by the us army corps of engineers, 1942-43. The alaska highway - was built by american military engineers. This transformed radically the geography of the north. Cutting down the forest and building roads. There is hunting , over fishing - completely transfroming the ecological cycle. Also, tele-communication was also parralel with the building of the road. Dawson town gets saved only though the tourism.
