Description
Both Mark Twain in To The Person Sitting in Darkness and Henry Labouchere in The Brown Man s Burden presented scathing critiques of the new American imperialism. Why did the US begin to acquire foreign territories in the 1890 s? What were some of the justifications commonly given in support of such ventures? Finally critique the counter arguments posed by anti-imperialists such as Labouchere, Twain and other members of the Anti-Imperialist League?