Progressive New World Progressive New World How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American Reform Marilyn Lake Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts • London, England 2019 Copyright © 2019 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of Amer i ca First printing Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Lake, Marilyn, author. Title: Progressive new world : how settler colonialism and Transpacific exchange shaped American reform / Marilyn Lake. Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018006855 | ISBN 9780674975958 (alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Progressivism (United States politics)—History. | Social problems—United States—History. | Social problems—Australia—History. | Racism—United States—History. | Racism—Australia—History. | Colonies— Oceania—Administration. | Indians of North America—Government relations— History. | Aboriginal Australians—Government relations—History. Classification: LCC HT1523 .L285 2018 | DDC 361.1—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018006855 Jacket design: Graciela Galup Jacket art: Vida Goldstein, T. Humphry & Co., photographer, State Library Victoria. Theodore Roosevelt speaking to a crowd from a raised platform, c. 1910. American Press Association, Library of Congress. Background: Thinkstock In memory of Tracey Banivanua- Mar, 1974–2017 An inspiring colleague and fine historian Contents Introduction: Settler Colonialism and Progressivism 1 1. Self- Government, Democracy, and White Manhood 22 2. An Expansive State with Socialistic Tendencies 45 3. Purifying Politics through Electoral Reform 74 4. Federal Idealism and Labor Realism 106 5. W oman Suffrage as an Object Lesson 136 6. M others of the Nation 169 7. L abor Investigators Cross the Pacific 193 8. Indigenous Progressivism Calls Settler Colonialism to Account 224 Abbreviations 251 Notes 253 Acknowl edgments 297 Index 299 Progressive New World