ANTHRO 41A Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gunboat Diplomacy, Treaty 3, Industrial Revolution

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 41A
• Professor: Georgia Hartman

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Anthro 41a lecture notes week 4: colonial occupation in. Movie: states of independence the scramble for africa. British did not have to go to war. Agreement to abolish slavery and allow free trade. For the raw materials they had, strategic trade routes, market for goods it produced in. ~drew lines on map in places they had not been. +this was the burden of white man to civilize these people. Also drew new borders on map of africa. +harbor image of dark continent (wild, exotic, in need of enlightenment) French build on two materials: ground nut and cotton. ~more french person became better chances in life. +cannot dominate a people without one that is superior. No contact between white and black people living in africa. +no equality even if they were all citizens. +colony founded by military men to exclusion of existing leaders. ~some remote places able to evade influence of french rule.