hist 105 notes
Centers and Peripheries
George Bancroft- Not officially a historian
Charles Austin Beard- Officially historian
Bancroft: Philosophical ideals
Beard: Economic Determinism
Sources-
Primary(he looks into documents(constitution)) , Secondary(Books he wrote about),
All suspicious (victims to their own prejudice)
Fredrick Jackson Turner
“The aim of history, then , is to know the elements of the present by understanding
Analysis (SPEC)
Social
Political
Economic
Cultural
Social Analysis
Race
Class
Gender
Centers and Peripheries
A tool for understanding Empire
Concepts of center and peripheries
Requirements of Empire
Manage
Support
Defend
Mercantilism
Export excess production
Import hard currency
Fund standing military forces
For our purposes
Center (Europe)
Periphery (America)
Colonial Centers
Frontier
Where Did Decisions Originate?
Center (Strategic)
Periphery (Pragmatic)
SPEC Framework on the Periphery
Integrate with indigenous infrastructure Vs.
Create a new infrastructure
Center-Periphery Characteristics
Geographic Dilution
Situational Variation
Negotiated Terms
America is a nation that
Americans are a people who
Ancient Greeks
Blasphemy of the gods
Murder of kindred
247pearsoned.custhelp.com
77843 myhistorylab.com Africans and Europeans Encounter the Americas
American Indigenous Peoples
Too cold in north
They go South and East
On the other side of the Atlantic
Africa
Empires in West and Central Africa
Sophisticated agriculture
Spread of Islam
Monotheist
Proselytic
Religion’s Influence
Reconquista (Spain, 1492)
Protestant Reformation (1517)
Technical Advances
Ship designs
Sail designs
Navigation instruments
Mapmaking
Who Went?
Traders
Missionaries
Businessmen
Adventures
Settlers
Motivation
God (live better life, go to heaven)
Columbus was motivated by it
Gold
Glory
The Portuguese
South around Africa
George Bancroft- Not officially a historian
Charles Austin Beard- Officially historian
Bancroft: Philosophical ideals
Beard: Economic Determinism
Sources-
Primary(he looks into documents(constitution)) , Secondary(Books he wrote about),
All suspicious (victims to their own prejudice)
Fredrick Jackson Turner
“The aim of history, then , is to know the elements of the present by understanding
Analysis (SPEC)
Social
Political
Economic
Cultural
Social Analysis
Race
Class
Gender
Centers and Peripheries
A tool for understanding Empire
Concepts of center and peripheries
Requirements of Empire
Manage
Support
Defend
Mercantilism
Export excess production
Import hard currency
Fund standing military forces
For our purposes
Center (Europe)
Periphery (America)
Colonial Centers
Frontier
Where Did Decisions Originate?
Center (Strategic)
Periphery (Pragmatic)
SPEC Framework on the Periphery
Integrate with indigenous infrastructure Vs.
Create a new infrastructure
Center-Periphery Characteristics
Geographic Dilution
Situational Variation
Negotiated Terms
America is a nation that
Americans are a people who
Ancient Greeks
Blasphemy of the gods
Murder of kindred
247pearsoned.custhelp.com
77843 myhistorylab.com Africans and Europeans Encounter the Americas
American Indigenous Peoples
Too cold in north
They go South and East
On the other side of the Atlantic
Africa
Empires in West and Central Africa
Sophisticated agriculture
Spread of Islam
Monotheist
Proselytic
Religion’s Influence
Reconquista (Spain, 1492)
Protestant Reformation (1517)
Technical Advances
Ship designs
Sail designs
Navigation instruments
Mapmaking
Who Went?
Traders
Missionaries
Businessmen
Adventures
Settlers
Motivation
God (live better life, go to heaven)
Columbus was motivated by it
Gold
Glory
The Portuguese
South around Africa