ES 243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: American Imperialism, Bartolomé De Las Casas, Pan-Americanism
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God creates everything, then people from earth. Belief that they (columbus, etc. ) were first to discover the americas. Brown people don"t exist until they"re discovered . Immigrants are a symptom of a problem not the problem. Huge corporations going and setting up shop somewhere and completely exploiting their resources and people. Imperialism done by a corporation/business instead of countries. Latin america axis is a a product of dual-imperialisms and dual colonialism. Criollo/creole nationalisms: mixed people rallying against european powers. Bartolome de las casas: priest who wrote about how spanish cruelty towards indians was worse than u. s. Cuba, puerto rico, guam, philippines at stake. Cuba only one to become independent in 1898. Makes puerto ricans citizens the minute they come to the u. s. Happens because of puerto rican soldiers in wwi. Removes borders with regards to business, trading and goods but not with people.
