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Submitted by SD Goh, Feb 8, 2008 10:10

Besides the oft quoted rationale of 'opening new markets' abroad (with all the dubiety that it sometimes involved) was there not another element that impelled European/American imperialism, namely, the religious one of evangelization and proselytization which sought, in this case, to disseminate Christianity together with all the perceived benefits of Western science and technology that would accrue to, what were thought to be, the benighted countries of Africa, Asia and so on?

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Title	By	Date
AMERICA'S COVERT IMPERIALISM [369 words]	Patrick D.Hazard	Feb 8, 2008 12:03
↔ Re: America's cover imperialism [510 words]	Frankly Speaking	Feb 9, 2008 22:19
↔ The imperial appetite survives [146 words]	Siddhartha S.Bhadrakumar	Feb 10, 2008 23:40
↔ "Thoughtful Europeans"? [27 words]	Glenn Smith	Feb 12, 2008 18:15
↔ SPEAKING FRANKLY ABOUT AMERICAN IMPERIALISM [229 words]	Patrick D.Hazard	Feb 13, 2008 10:26
↔ Don't be so quick... [79 words]	BklynGal305	Feb 14, 2008 17:38
↔ RESPONSE TO MR:GLENN SMITH [201 words]	Patrick D.Hazard	Feb 21, 2008 03:00
↔ China, a victim of imperialism? [21 words]	ricardo maxwell	Feb 21, 2008 08:51
↔ More substance would be nice [513 words]	Michael Rodriguez	Mar 4, 2008 14:05
↔ RE: Speaking Frankly about American Imperialism [178 words]	Paul McCord	Mar 10, 2008 10:30
↔ HUH? [26 words]	gxb	Mar 10, 2008 10:38
↔ To Mr. Hazard [183 words]	Gene Guffey	Mar 15, 2008 10:58
⇒ Same author? [72 words]	SD Goh	Feb 8, 2008 10:10
↔ No not really. [210 words]	D	Feb 8, 2008 15:03
This book is an attempt to frame a sentiimental persepctive that the history does not actually support [478 words]	D	Feb 8, 2008 09:24
↔ The elusive truth. [35 words]	Billy Smith	Feb 12, 2008 11:29
Don't ignore technology and science [66 words]	John McCarthy	Feb 8, 2008 04:29
The West is still here [249 words]	Shalom Freedman	Feb 8, 2008 02:11
↔ Social and spiritual dismantling [240 words]	Karen Ways	Feb 8, 2008 21:58
↔ War begat war [378 words]	C	Feb 9, 2008 21:19
↔ Winner or Loosers [300 words]	Patrizia von Lutzow-Vorbeck	Mar 16, 2008 16:46

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