HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ten Years' War, New York Journal-American, Havana Harbor
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Informal - puppet regimes, economic & cultural domination, threat of military intervention. The west will eventually run out of raw resources. Panic of 1893 - deepest and longest depression to date. Poses a challenge against two party monopoly. Strong nations have a moral obligation to impose superior institutions, language, religion, laws and government onto the poor other barbaric nations. Rudyard kipling believed in civilizing the little brown brother (the white man"s burden) Sensationalist style of writing newspaper to attract mass appeal. Joseph pulitzer - new york world, fundamentally change newspapers to have broader appeal. Raised to create stand for statue of liberty. Hire popular writers to work on newspapers. William randolph hearst - new york journal, adopts pulitzer"s techniques, uses more photos, biased, embellishes. Made newspaper #1 paper in us, sold 1m copies a day. Atrocities committed by spanish are covered by hearst"s reporters. Cubans have a scorched earth policy, not covered by papers.
