University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Theses and Dissertations 5-2018 “The ommeC rcial Union of the Three Americas:” Major Edward A. Burke and Transnational New South Visionaries, 1870-1928 Michael Powers University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd Part of the Latin American History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Powers, Michael, "“The ommeC rcial Union of the Three Americas:” Major Edward A. Burke and Transnational New South Visionaries, 1870-1928" (2018). Theses and Dissertations. 2801. http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/2801 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. “The Commercial Union of the Three Americas:” Major Edward A. Burke and Transnational New South Visionaries, 1870-1928 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History by Michael Shane Powers University of Florida Bachelor of Arts in History, and Political Science, 2010 Clemson University Master of Arts in History, 2012 May 2018 University of Arkansas This dissertation is approved for recommendation to the Graduate Council. __________________________ Daniel E. Sutherland, Ph.D. Dissertation Director __________________________ ________________________ Patrick Williams, Ph.D. Kathryn Sloan, Ph.D. Committee Member Committee Member Abstract Traditional images of the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century American South are of an inward-looking region characterized by economic stagnation, xenophobia, cultural isolation, and reactionary politics.