The American Empire

by Scott Nearing

Can the American worker profit by that experience? Can he realize that he is living in a country whose rulers have adopted an imperial policy that threatens the peace of the world? Can he see that the pursuit of this policy means war, famine, disease, misery and death to millions in other countries as well as to the millions at home? The workers of Europe have learned the lesson by bitter experience. Is not the American worker wise enough to profit by their example?

FOOTNOTE:

[58] "Industry in England," H. deB. Gibbins. New York, Scribner's, 1897, p. 390.

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INDEX.

• • Advertising imperialism,
    • [169]
    • [27]
      • [226]
    • [170]
      • [160]
    • [202]
      • [158]
    • [218]
      • [15]
    • " " program of,
      • [74]
    • " empire, costs of,
      • [161]
    • " " course of,
      • [23]
    • " " development of,
      • [29]
    • " " economic basis of,
      • [178]
    • " " growth of,
      • [159]
    • " imperialism,
      • [207]
    • " Indian,
      • [72]
    • " industries, growth of,
      • [12]
    • " people, ancestry,
      • [256]
    • " protectorates,
    • " Republic, disappearance of,
    • " tradition, failure of,
    • " worker and empire,
    • [68]
    • [213]
    • [183]
  • America, conquest of,
  • America first,
  • America for Americans,
  • American capitalists,
  • Anti-imperialism,
  • Appropriation of territory,
  • Automobile distribution,
• • Bankers, unity of,
    • [150]
    • [132]
      • [234]
    • [198]
      • [250]
    • " " position of,
    • " Labor, position of,
    • [148]
  • Bethlehem Steel Co.,
  • British Empire, gains of,
  • Business control,
• • Canada, investments in,
    • [206]
    • [244]
      • [225]
      • [254]
      • [148]
      • [208]
    • " " war,
      • [248]
    • " breakdown of,
      • [223]
    • " law of,
    • [33]
    • [10]
    • " struggle, in Europe,
    • [180]
    • [86],
    • [118]
    • [223]
    • [75]
    • [26]
    • [49]
    • [250]
    • " " National Defense,
    • [66]
    • " treaty,
  • Capitalism and Bolshevism,
  • Cherokees, dealings with,
  • Class government,
  • Coal reserves,
  • Cohesion of wealth,
  • Competition, ferocity of,
  • Competitive industry,
  • Conquering peoples,
  • Conquest of the West,
  • Council of Action, organization,
  • Cuban, independence,
• • Dictatorship, possibility of,
    • [222]
    • [209]
  • Dominican Republic, relations with,
• • Education for imperialism,
    • [169]
    • [258]
      • [15]
      • [246]
    • " characteristics of,
      • [16]
    • " definition of,
      • [22]
    • " evolution of,
      • [17]
    • " prevalence of,
      • [20],
      • [264]
    • " price of,
      • [19]
    • " stages in,
      • [262]
    • " workers and,
    • [231]
    • [249]
    • " revolution in,
  • Empire and British workers,
  • Empires, the Big Four,
  • Europe, financial breakdown,
• • Financial imperialism,
    • [135]
    • [131]
    • [197]
  • Foreign investments,
  • France, gains of,
• • Government and business,
    • [99]
    • [36]
      • [157]
    • [143]
      • [235]
    • " " advantages of, to the United States,
      • [240]
    • " " next incidents of,
    • " " results of,
    • [136]
  • Great Peace,
  • Great War,
  • Guaranty Trust Company,
• • Hawaii, annexation of,
    • [62]
    • " revolution in,
      • [63]
    • [210]
  • Hayti, conditions in,
• • Immigrants, race of,
    • [160]
    • [229]
      • [222]
      • [65]
      • [78]
      • [135]
    • " goal,
      • [165]
      • [243]
      • [76]
      • [133]
    • " purpose,
      • [166]
      • [261]
    • " sentiments,
      • [237]
      • [72]
    • " task,
      • [228]
      • [243]
    • " " nature of,
      • [170]
    • [256]
    • " beginnings of,
    • " challenge to,
    • " cost of,
    • " establishment of,
    • " failure of,
    • " psychology of,
    • [219]
    • [115]
    • [81]
    • " organization,
    • " revolution,
    • [128]
    • " finance,
    • " Harvester Co.,
    • [127]
    • [86]
    • [130]
    • [197]
  • Imperial alignment,
  • Imperialism, advantages of,
  • Imperialists, training of,
  • Incomes, in the United States,
  • Industrial combination,
  • International exploitation,
  • Investing nations,
  • Investment bankers,
  • Investments in the United States,
  • Italy, gains of,
• • Job ownership,
    • [94]
• • Labor, colonial shortage of,
    • [38]
    • [105]
      • [104]
    • [103]
    • " policy,
    • [203]
    • [8]
  • Landlordism,
  • Land ownership,
  • Latin America,
  • Liberty, desire for,
• • Manifest destiny,
    • [171]
    • [92]
      • [56]
      • [207]
    • [55]
    • " " success of,
    • [54]
    • [202]
    • " " logic of,
  • Mastery, avenues of,
  • Mexican War, provocation of,
  • Mexico, conquest of,
  • Monroe Doctrine,
• • National City Bank,
    • [138]
    • [146]
      • [47]
      • [241]
    • [40]
      • [238]
    • " slaves, values of,
    • [43]
    • [246]
    • [236]
    • " " preparations for,
    • " " pretexts for,
    • [50]
  • Navy League,
  • Negro civilization, in Africa,
  • Negroes, numbers enslaved,
  • New Europe,
  • Next War, contestants in,
  • New Orleans, struggle for,
• • Ownership, advantages of,
    • [114]
• • Panama, relations with,
    • [213]
    • " revolution in,
      • [215]
      • [194]
      • [148]
      • [107]
    • " seizure of,
      • [214]
      • [92]
      • [113]
    • [147]
      • [153]
      • [103]
    • [224]
      • [151]
      • [108]
    • " " results of,
      • [143]
    • [116]
    • [69]
    • [117]
    • " control of,
    • " dictatorship of,
    • " domestic power of,
    • " economic gains of,
    • " growing power of,
    • [9]
    • [50]
    • [145]
    • [210]
    • [96]
    • [151]
    • [30]
    • " ownership, security of,
    • " rights, and civilization,
    • " rights of,
    • " safeguards to,
    • [98]
  • Patriotism,
  • Peace Treaty, provisions of,
  • Personal incomes, sources of,
  • Philippines, conquest of,
  • Plutocracy,
  • Popular government,
  • Population, increase of,
  • Preparedness,
  • Press censorship,
  • Product ownership,
  • Profiteering,
  • Property, Indian ideas of,
  • Public opinion, control of,
• • Resources of the United States,
    • [179]
    • [246]
      • [231]
    • [245]
    • " world position of,
  • Revolution in Europe,
  • Russia, Allied attack on,
• • Slave Coast,
    • [39]
    • " power, defeat of,
      • [61]
      • [39]
      • [121]
    • " trade, America's part in,
      • [44]
      • [45]
    • " " beginnings of,
      • [39]
    • " " conditions of,
      • [43]
    • " " development of,
      • [42]
    • [60]
    • " beginnings of,
    • " in the United States,
    • [41]
    • [51],
    • [57]
    • [11]
    • [65]
    • [134]
    • [123]
    • " pressure of,
  • Slavery, and expansion,
  • Slaves, early demand for,
  • Southwest, conquest of,
  • Sovereignty, source of,
  • Spanish War,
  • Standard Oil Co.,
  • Surplus, disposal of,
• • Teutonic peoples,
    • [26]
    • [52]
    • [180]
    • [183]
  • Texas, annexation of,
  • Timber reserves,
  • Transportation facilities,
• • Undeveloped countries,
    • [124]
    • [181]
      • [154]
    • " " financial power of,
      • [192]
    • " " past isolation,
      • [221]
    • " " position of,
      • [184]
    • " " products of,
      • [179]
    • " " resources of,
      • [188]
    • " " shipping,
      • [189]
    • " " wealth and income,
      • [263]
    • " " world attitude to,
      • [177]
    • " " world power of,
  • United States, capital of,
• • Wealth and income,
    • [189]
    • " of the United States,
      • [89]
    • " ownership,
      • [90]
    • [200]
    • [218]
    • [257]
  • Western Hemisphere, and the United States,
  • World conquest,
  • Workers' business,
• • Yellow peril,
    • [232]

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