HI 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Northern Ireland, Neocolonialism, Ethnocentrism
25 Feb 2016
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Colonialism notes 1: colonialism in the u. s, british, french, spanish, russian, colonialism in africa, heavy european colonization, definition one country taking control of another, settler colonialism i. ii. e. g. english occupation british north america. 1. the practice: neocolonialism i. ii. economic power used to dominate countries e. g. cuba. Social structures: everyday life, e. g. ireland, catholics can"t own horse more than $ ??? v. vi. vii. exploit resources wipe out culture institutionalize superiority of conquering power, racism i. ethnicity also seen as race c. Impacts i. introduction of new diseases to indigenous populations: e. g. north american indians, smallpox ii. iii. unequal social relationships between invaders and indigenous peoples slavery, evaluation of european colonization (1500s early 1900s, background i. Mercantilism : economic theory of the time, the theory of mercantilism, accumulate as much gold as possible i. ii. suppress imports, keep what you have export.
