While the European powers favored Spain in the Spanish-American War, for example, neutral Britain backed the U.S. During the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay, British ships quietly reenforced the untried U.S. navy by blocking a squadron of eight German ships positioned to take advantage of the situation. Maine exploded and sank in the harbor at Havana. 377. Le Royaume-Uni (United Kingdom) Jean Veber,LAssiette au Beurre, September 28, 1901. He was just one of the imperial rulers and national figures to be demonized. Caption: Though the process be costly, the road to progress must be cut. Imperial Mission: The Air Route to Cape Town 1918-32 - JSTOR At the core of the White Mans Burden is a reluctant civilizer who takes up arms for the purpose of relieving grievous wrongs, in the words of President William McKinley. Families were burned out of their homes and imprisoned in concentration camps. Mott, Frank Luther. Ships for American commerce a speciality., Right: Uncle Sam proudly displays his new steamship and a sign that reads, Uncle Sam the ship builder re-established with great success in 1893. Thus, under the Here lies (Hic jacet) on each gravestone, we see generic names coupled with places of origin extending from England to Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Gibraltar, India, Ceylon, and Egypt. J. Ottmann Lith. Looming just ahead for the two Anglo nations were turbulence and intervention in such widely dispersed places as Samoa, China, and Africa. From the Cape to Cairo by Ewart S. Grogan | Goodreads Advance Agent of Modern Civilization: Religion & Empire. In this mocking Life cartoon, a Chinese man with an overturned Bible at his feet laughs ironically at how both the Bible and Uncle Sam relish scenes of slaughter. In the storm clouds on the left, the Eastern Question looms. A more earthly approach is taken in the graphic Some One Must Back Up that heads this essay. The campaign was stepped up to target the civilian population that provided crucial support for guerrilla fighters in both the Transvaal and Orange Free State republics. The French caption mocks British hypocrisy in officially praising the humanitarian behavior of their armed forces. 5:00 at 202-707-6394, and Press 3. From the Cape to Cairo / Keppler. - digital file from original print Rhodes measures with the telegraphic line the distance from Cape Town (at his right foot) in South Africa to Cairo (at his left foot) in Egypt, illustrating his broader "Cape to Cairo" concept for further colonial expansion in Africa. Vol. Course Materials, Requirements, and Grading, https://gmu.zoom.us/meeting/tJYsf-6hpzooHtCcgUHFQlJ5Hy13bvsr3WDv/ics?icsToken=98tyKuCqrzMtE92Ush2DRowQBYqgKPPxmH5Bgrd-nxjQKwZibimjHvsTYbBpA8qD. The dignity of the bereaved Filipino in this cartoon is a stark contrast to the usual demeaning stereotypes of half devil and half child that Kipling endorsed and many cartoonists reinforced. What historical event or imperialist practice is this cartoon referencing? Imperial and Anti-Imperial Constructions of Civilisation: Engagements with Pre-Modern Pasts.Geopolitics, Vol. The conduct of foreign troops in China was targeted in a searing cartoon by the French artist Thophile Steinlen. Language. Source: Widener Library, Harvard University. Der Traum der Kaiserin von China (The Dream of the Empress of China),Simplicissimus, July 3, 1900. The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, CGACGA, The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University, CGACGA, The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, William H. Walker Cartoon Collection, Princeton University Library, The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library. Coinciding with the British reconquest of the Sudan was this cartoon drawn by Joseph Keppler, a frequent contributor to the American political satire and humor magazine, Puck. LC-DIG-ppmsca-25696 (digital file from original print). Illustration shows Britannia carrying a large white flag labeled "Civilization" with British soldiers and colonists behind her, advancing on a horde of natives, one carrying a flag labeled "Barbarism". Co.. Puck Bldg.. NY] Photograph. Title from item. Brewer, Susan. The argument follows Englands example, as spelled out on the blackboard, that By not waiting for their consent, she has greatly advanced the worlds civilization. An African-American washes windows. The book on the desk reads: U.S. Hevia, James Louis. From the Cape to Cairo. XII, No. 6 reviews. Model students Hawaii and Porto Rico appear as docile girls learning their lessons. In the United States, the Boer War, conquest of the Philippines, and Boxer Uprising prompted large, detailed, sophisticated, full-color cartoons in Puck and Judge. Purpose In this activity, you will analyze and then create cartoons about imperialism. Source:The Weimar Classics Foundation. The word "Civilization" (with a capital C), alongside Progress, was counterposed against the words barbarism, barbarians, and barbarity, with accompanying visual stereotypes. The image appeared in the June 27, 1901 issue of LAssiette au Beurre by Steinlen titled, A Vision de Hugo, 18021902. The full mural decries the bloodshed of colonial warfare in Turkey, China, and Africa. Cape to Cairo: the Rhodes Colossus - Spotlight at Stanford https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digital-Library/Record?libID=o276287. Source:Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University, By 1901, John Bull and Uncle Sam were bogged down in prolonged overseas wars at a cost, here, the "Philippine War $80,000,000 yearly" and the "Boer War 16,000,000 yearly." Chapter 18: Considering the Evidence Visual Sources Quiz Egypt was the first among the Arab countries to establish an animation production. Americas recent subjugated populations are savage, unruly, and rebelliousliterally visually half devil and half child, as Kipling would have it. But just take a look at the class ahead of you, and remember that, in a little while, you will feel as glad to be here as they are!. Looming on the left, the Eastern Question refers to the long-standing British confrontation with Russia in the Balkans that would soon extend to conflict over Britains Cape to Cairo strategy in Africa. In many cases, the originals can be served in a few minutes. In The Pigtail Has Got to Go, a white-robed goddess wears a star that radiates over a Chinese mandarin. Ricard, Serge. It was planned as a link between Cape Town in South Africa and Port Said in Egypt. In the eyes of the West, China was dangerously close to chaos as the new century began. In Library of Congress notes on this image, the seated figure on the left is identified as Minervathe Roman goddess of wisdom, arts, and commerce. Source:Library of Congress. Weekly: https://gmu.zoom.us/meeting/tJYsf-6hpzooHtCcgUHFQlJ5Hy13bvsr3WDv/ics?icsToken=98tyKuCqrzMtE92Ush2DRowQBYqgKPPxmH5Bgrd-nxjQKwZibimjHvsTYbBpA8qD. (The exception would be Manchuria, alternating between Russian and Japanese control in the coming years.) United We Stand for Civilization and Peace: the Anglo-Saxon Globe. Some of the poorest provinces in the north were further stressed by a destructive combination of flooding and prolonged drought. Illus. In this rendering it is the Bible-toting white invader (The Stranger) who is ridiculed. Explain the Sepoy rebellion and the reaction to this rebellion as detailed in the cartoon. The second was the U.S. conquest and occupation of the Philippines that began in 1899. Chinas Worn Out Traditionsrepresented by the queue hairstyle required during the Qing dynastyare about to be cut with the shears of 19th Century Progress., Nearly two years later, in the midst of the Boxer Uprising, Puck was still resorting to the same sort of stereotyped juxtaposition. 5:00 at 202-707-6394, and Press 3. Spencer, David R. "No Laughing Matter. 13, No. Christian missionaries often led the way, followed by politicians, troops, andbringing up the rearbusinessmen. Under the American flag, patriotic words end with a question mark: Tis the Star-Spangled Banner, Oh! The caption applies the motto united we stand to the Anglo-Saxon brotherhood spreading Western civilization abroad. A Rival Who Has Come to Stay. Includes bibliographical references and index. The countries have been jumbled to align them with American or British imperialistic interests. The Maine had been dispatched to Cuba to support an indigenous insurrection against Spain. Cohen, Paul A. Keppler, U. J. Co., Puck Bldg. If only black-and-white ("b&w") sources are listed and you desire a copy showing December 10, 1892] ), In an image titled, Vers le Camp de Reconcentration (To the Concentration Camp), women and children are dragged off by British soldiers. China, shown gripping a schoolbook in the doorway, has not yet entered the scene. From the Cape to Cairo / Keppler. ), yesterday we took important commandos. If you dont do it I shall have to. Udo Keppler,Puck, August 8, 1900. The image argues that a crisis point has been reached and the caption states, Some One Must Back Up., Some One Must Back Up. Victor Gillam,Judge, December 8, 1900. Imperialism--British--1900-1910, - How such uncivilized behavior fit the rhetoric of the civilizing mission is the subject of the Life cartoon, A Red-Letter Day. Against a backdrop of distant flames, a Filipino mansympathetically drawn as tall, handsome, and heroic in contrast to the usual caricature of a tiny, expressionless savage in a grass skirtis questioned by a clergyman. Study Resources. Sitemap It is just to use every legitimate means for the enlargement of American trade; but we seek no advantages in the Orient which are not common to all. Price lists, contact information, and order forms are available on the The wars undertaken in the name of Civilization and Progress were more savage, tortuous, and contradictory than is often recognized. When this cartoon was published, the foreign Legation Quarter in Beijing was besieged by Boxers and Qing troops. Although these magazines were affiliated with different political partiesthe Democratic Party and Republican Party respectivelyboth generally supported pro-expansionist policies. (This coincided with the annexation of Hawaii as a U.S. territory in congressional votes in June and July of the same year.) Fears that China would descend into chaos and xenophobia justified intervention to safeguard the spread of modernity, civilization, and trade. In the United States, the most famous counter-voice to Kipling and his white mans burden rhetoric was the writer Mark Twain. What were the effects on China, as portrayed in the cartoon? The following year, Life cartoonist William H. Walker evoked the horror of the Allied intervention in China in a graphic captioned, Almost thou persuadest me to be a ChristianActs xxvi, 28. A Chinese man falls off his chair, the Bible at his feet, laughing at Uncle Sams duplicity in preaching Christianity while showing a bloody panorama of Allied soldiers executing and marauding on a screen. Barbarie Civilisation. Full caption: It's all a matter of perspective. One cannot imagine a blunter caption than the one that accompanied his 1900 cartoon for Judge: And, after all, the Philippines Are Only the Stepping-Stone to China. In Flohris image, Uncle Samheavily laden with steel, railroads, bridges, farm equipment, and the likegives a cursory nod to the spread of civilization by grasping a book titled "Education" and "Religion. The confident giant is greeted with open arms by a diminutive yellow-clad Chinese mandarin. Lifes satire of the white mans burden mystique offers a procession of the supporters of the new imperialism beginning with missionaries and ending with the traveling salesman. Translated from Russian. A scrawny female figure in the background appears to be a skull-faced depiction of Britannia, grown thin and solitary through endless pursuit of war. The conspicuously larger size of Britannias big guns in Pucks cartoon reflects Englands leading role in imperial conquest. China in Convulsion. Auto-Truck of Civilization and Trade: the Asia Market. 0 Ratings 1 Want to read; 0 Currently reading; 0 Have read; From the Cape to Cairo. Transatlantic dimensions of the American Anti-Imperialist Movement, 1899-1909.Journal of Transatlantic Studies. Ugly and shocking scenes of violence in 19th-century American life are ironically captioned as refined and elegant to challenge the self-image of a nation contributing cash to save the heathen of foreign lands while ignoring its own barbarity. 1 print : chromolithograph. Elle permet aux prisonniers de jouir de la vue du dehors et davoir ainsi lillusion de la libert (Rapport officiel au War Office. The British had just subdued the Dutch-descended Boers, in southern Africa. 367-373 (1998). The 1901 date indicates that the specific reference is to Allied reprisals against Chinese civilians following the Boxer Uprising. The large Map of the United States and Neighboring Countries is dotted with U.S. flags marking newly-acquired territories. The caption reads Think It Overa phrase that also appeared later in Mark Twains To the Person Sitting in Darkness essay. Mans Burden, emphasized its hypocrisy. Colonists--British--1900-1910. What were the effects of Belgian imperialism? "MOJ 75-A 495": intended for microfilm. Within a barred room, its walls painted blood-red, a cohort of five army officers headed by a sword-wielding Major General Elwell Stephen Otis (1838-1909), military governor of the Philippines, forces a manacled war correspondent to write only approved dispatches. Leonhard, Robert R.The China Relief Expedition: Joint Coalition Warfare in China,Summer 1900(Laurel, MD: Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University). Presence of a German fleet lent evidence to one of the justifications the U.S. gave for war with Spain, that is, to protect the Philippines from takeover by a rival major power. N.Y. : J. Ottmann Lith. Vol. What did the public back home know about the fighting of these far-off wars? Ellen Sebring is an artist, filmmaker, and for a decade was the Creative director of the Visualizing Cultures project at M.I.T. Keppler, Udo J., Artist. The Origins of the Boxer War: A Multinational Study(London, New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003). Periodicals like Life in the U.S. (predecessor to the later famous weekly of the same title), as well as French and German publications, printed both poignant and outraged visual arguments against the imperialist tide, often with acute sensitivity to its racist underpinnings. The Boer War Remembered.The Journal of Historical Review, Vol. In this rendering, progresseconomic, technological, and culturalis spread through global military aggression. The backdrop to the scene, a large Map of the United States and Neighboring Countries, attests to the new position the U.S. has taken in the world, with its overseas territories marked by U.S. flags. Turning to China, his stinging indictment extended beyond the two Anglo powers to target the Kaisers Germany plus Tsarist Russia and France. Although the completion of a railroad spanning the length of Africa was looking less likely, segments of the Cape-to-Cairo Railroad were becoming increasingly important to Rhodesia's economic development. It was the anti-imperialist cartoonists, however, who most starkly posed the question: who is the real barbarian? The war with the Boers (who were ethnically Dutch and Afrikaans-speaking) took place in the South African Republic (Transvaal) and Orange Free State. Rudyard Kiplings famous poem The White Mans Burden was published in 1899, during a high tide of British and American rhetoric about bringing the blessings of civilization and progress to barbaric non-Western, non-Christian, non-white peoples. Source:Library of Congress, In this 1902 cartoon, Britains Boer War and goals on the African continent are identified with the march of civilization and progress against barbarism. Long May It Wave. In the United States Puck, Judge, and the first version of a pictorial magazine titled Life; in France LAssiette au Beurre; and in Germany the acerbic Simplicissimus published masterful illustrations that ranged in opinion and style from partisan to thoughtful to gruesome. From the Cape to Cairo / Keppler. 13, No. (Some images display only as thumbnails outside "Civilization and its Discontents: The Boxers and Luddites as Heroes and Villains." to our monthly Newsletter to learn and link to the content of each issue. 730-735 (2008). In the caption, Uncle Sam lectures: (to his new class in Civilization): Now, children, you've got to learn these lessons whether you want to or not! Western missionaries had penetrated the interior, and the missions they established disrupted village traditions. Europeans, this reads, Pour the Blessings of Their Culture over the Globe., Der Europer giesst die Segnungen seiner Kultur ber den Erdball aus (The Europeans pour the blessings of its culture over the globe). Source:Bibliothque nationale de France. 3, pp. | Print shows Chauncey M. Depew and Robert G. Ingersoll, each in the arms of the other, pointing to quotations attributed to them that justify American imperialist activities 1 print : chromolithograph. As early as mid 1899, for example, Life called attention to the staggering death count among Filipinos with a cartoon titled The Harvest in the Philippines. It is now estimated that, all told, between 12,000 and 20,000 Filipino military perished in this conflict, as opposed to 4,165 killed on the U.S. side. The White Mans Burden was used by both pro- and anti-imperialist factions. The First Traverse of Africa From South to North. A rescue expedition made up of troops from eight nations, under the command of the British Vice-Admiral Edward Seymour, left Tianjin for Beijing. Priests Horribly Tortured. In addition, the U.S. ignored human rights violations in the use of concentration camps. Cecil John Rhodes | South African History Online Beyond commercial and military prowess, the two nations formed a natural brotherhood within attitudes later labeled as social Darwinism. Feng, Yongping, The Peaceful Transition of Power from the UK to the US.ChineseJournal of International Politics1 (1) pp. Dominated by full-page graphics, many issues were thematic visual essays developed by a single artist. The dream reached its most audacious dimensions in Cecil Rhodes's ill-fated plans for a Cape-to-Cairo railway. The aggressive quest for new marketsChinas millions being the most covetedwas justified as part of the benevolent and inevitable spread of progress. The Middle East as Seen Through Foreign Eyes - University of Chicago In 1901, occupation forces roamed the countryside to pillage, loot, and hunt for Boxers. The noble rhetoric that buttressed overseas expansion, as Twain presented it, was largely for Home Consumption, and stood in sharp contrast to the Actual Thing that the Customer Sitting in Darkness buys with his blood and tears and land and liberty. Where the Philippine temptation in particular was concerned, he cited press reports of atrocities by American troops. - Source:The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010652189/. 203228. If an image is displaying, you can download it yourself. Civilization and trade went hand in hand in turn-of-the-century imperialism. Source and Registration#: Created by Joseph Keppler, Professor of Iranian and Central Asian History and of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, The University of Chicago, Outreach Coordinator, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago, The Middle East as Seen Through Foreign EyesTwentieth and Twenty-First CenturiesImage Resource Bank, 2010 The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago | Source: Widener Library, Harvard University. A 1901 Puck cover, Misery Loves Company, depicts John Bull and Uncle Sam mired in colonial wars at a steep price: Boer War 16,000,000 yearly and Philippine War $80,000,000 yearly. Anti-imperialist movements targeted the human rights violations in both the Philippines and Transvaal in their protests. The scene above turns the tables on the Harpers Weekly cover (above) and accuses foreign troops and missionaries of atrocities during the Boxer Uprising in China. 1 print : chromolithograph. II. The cartoon takes its title from Rudyard Kiplings poem The White Mans Burden. Published in February, 1899 in response to the annexation of the Philippines by the United States, the poem quickly became a famous endorsement of the civilizing missiona battle cry, full of heroic stoicism and self-sacrifice, offering moral justification for U.S. perseverance in its first major and unexpectedly prolonged overseas war. Philippines, Hawaii, Cuba, Porto Rico. A Native American reads a book upside down and a prospective Chinese pupil stands in the doorway. N.Y.: J. Ottmann Lith. the Library of Congress because of rights considerations, but you have access to larger size images on 1900) and starlight from a goddess of civilization. And the third was the anti-foreign Boxer Uprising in China in 18991901, which led to military intervention by no less than eight foreign nations including not only Tsarist Russia and the Western powers, but also Japan. Cartoonists portrayed Wilhelm II with increasing venom as a perpetrator of violence through World War I. Britain stepped in to defend the rights of the immigrants, known as uitlanders (foreigners) to the Boers. We may have burnt certain villages, destroyed considerable property and incidentally slaughtered a few thousand of their sons and brothers, husbands and fathers, etc., but what did they expect? Nishi, Masao - Institut Mirovogo Khoziastva I Mirovo Politiki (Kommunisticheskaia Akademiia) - Varga, Eugen. Includes bibliographical references and index. ***Appointments are virtual, but we can schedule in-person if needed. His biblical title, which came from Matthew 4:16 (The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light), picked up on many pro-imperialist themes of the times. Title from item. It was feared that the mystical rituals and xenophobic violence of the Yi He Tuan (Boxer) secret society would overwhelm Chinas ineffectual rulers, cast the country into chaos, and hinder the trade and profits anticipated by the great powers. Even the Civil War is referenced, in a wall plaque: The Confederate States refused their consent to be governed; but the Union was preserved without their consent. Refuting the right of indigenous rule was based on demonstrating a populations lack of preparation for self-governance. She researches visual narrative and digital historiography using the visual historical record.This article was adapted from Visualizing Cultures. Although Wilhelm II was famous for introducing the concept of a yellow peril, Germanys major colonial possessions were in Africa. What historical event or imperialist practice is this referencing? England, a caricature, multiples hands over countries, Top hat, 2000s stereotypical villain, water, lands countries. Photograph. Who, they asked, was the real barbarian? On November 29, 1892, while on a visit to London, Rhodes made a speech in which he dramatically announced that he intended to extend the Colony's telegraphic connections across the entire continent - not only to Lake Tanganyika and Uganda, but through the fundamentalist Islamic Sudan and all the way to British Cairo. Photograph. Explain the message within this particular cartoon using the details the cartoonist has included in it. An Italian cartoonist who drew William II as a modern Attila beheading Chinese foes was likely inspired by his Hun speech to German soldiers shipping out to fight in the Boxer Uprising in China, delivered on July 27, 1900, in which he called for total war: Should you encounter the enemy, he will be defeated! In the final years of the Civil War, U.S. naval power was second only to the great seafaring empire of Great Britain. Co., Puck Bldg. The caption again ironically quotes an Official Report to the War Office that praises the British soldiers bravery in the face of a fierce enemy, in this case women and children: The humanity of our soldiers is admirable and does not tire despite the ferocity of Boers., Vers le Camp de Reconcentration (To the Concentration Camp). Here the Auto-Truck of Civilization and Trade shines a headlight upon a raging dragon and sword-wielding Chinese Boxer whose banner reads 400 Million Barbarians. In the imagery of the civilizing mission, China is portrayed as both backward and savage. Heine used the pages of Simplicissimusto denounce the atrocious conduct of Prussian troops during the Allied intervention in China, where the German forces obviously took to heart Wilhelm IIs exhortation to show no mercy. Gillams sub-caption is All this for politicsis civilization advancing?. Overview; View 4 Editions Details; Reviews Lists; Related Books; Publish Date. All of the hastily organized camps, for whites and blacks alike, had inadequate accommodations, wretched sanitation, and unreliable food supplies, leading to tens of thousands of deaths from disease and starvation. 2. 27-1-09 (July 6, 2009). 'From the Cape to Cairo: Though the process be costly, the road of A Rival Who Has Come to Stay: Naval Power. 3, pp. Here the Auto-Truck of Civilization and Trade shines a headlight upon a raging dragon and sword-wielding Chinese Boxer whose banner reads 400 Million Barbarians. In the imagery of the civilizing mission, China is portrayed as both backward and savage.
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