W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 2009 Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Making of the Superior Other John William McGlashan College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the Military History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation McGlashan, John William, "Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Making of the Superior Other" (2009). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539626591. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-1n6m-av37 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Alfred Thayer Mahan and the making of The Superior Other John William McGlashan Toronto, Ontario, Canada Honors Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto, 2005 A Thesis presented to the Graduate Faculty of the College of William and Mary in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts Department of History The College of William and Mary August 2009 APPROVAL PAGE This Thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Joh<fWilliamMcGlashan Approved by the Committee June, 2009 Comfnittee Chair Assistant Professor Hiroshi Kitamura, History The College of William and Mary Legum Professor of History Scott Nelson The College of William and Mary j / _______ Associate^5rofessor Craig C aning, History TtfeCollege of William #nd Mary ABSTRACT PAGE At the turn of the twentieth century, many white Americans struggled to fit the Japanese into their social evolutionary models.