HY 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Lard, Tribes 2, Industrial Revolution
12 Sep 2016
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The second great wave of western imperialism: stanley and the king of the belgians in the congo. Belgian is created by british in 1839 in effort to keep neutral. Belgian created after french revolution (thus, king of the people not king. If you are going to invade england you will have to control antwerp of the nation) His country cannot acquire new territory in europe, sign an alliance in. Morgan henry stanley shoots his was across africa: a. hobson raise the workers wages so they can consume more, or go abroad in search of new markets, nationalism and competition. Survival of the fittest best adapted to their environment. If we change someone"s conditions they might improve. You"ve conquered these people now its time to teach them things. Cultural imperialism, must adapt to western ways (the way they dress) Stanley writes book, publishes it, leopold ii reads it and starts rubbing his hands. Leoplod ii wants congo free state (in africa)
