HILD 7B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Western Defense Command, Haole, Extraterritoriality
8 Feb 2015
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Hild 7b race and ethnicity in the u. s. , asian american history. Midterm review: madame butterfly, major problems, orientalism- the view of the east as a foreign, erotic, exotic, homogeneous other in stark contrast to rational, normal west, edward said"s critique of orientalism- The assumptions of orientalism were not merely abstractions and figments of the european imagination but composed a system of thought that supported a western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over". > imperialism and the decline of chinese, japanese, and indian power leads to : coercive contract/coolie migration- 1830s-70s, dominant form: sign contract for set number of years, credit ticket system- steerage passage on steamships. Second opium war 1857: french and us troops get involved too. Vast majority of survivors decided to move back to india. Only 60 remained at the end of the experiment. Claim land for those who don"t pay.
