DEVT10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Maya Civilization, Encomienda, Ansi C
28 Jul 2018
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Colonialism direct political control of a territory and its people by a foreign state, sometimes accompanied by a permanent settlement or not (bernstein 2000, p. 242) e. g. ) Social systems and networks gender and sexual relations (homophobia and sexual diversity) Health systems (diseases like smallpox brought over) Primitive accumulation - refers to the origin of the capitalist mode of production (sanyal, 2007:47). Welfare capitalism state regulation of the relationship bet labor and capital. Neoliberalism an econ ideology that favors the reduction of state involvement in. Indigenous societies had mastered/had a sophisticated system of: Mayan civilization yucatan peninsula (mexico, guatemala, honduras, belize), 250-900bc peak (urban city states), decline by c8-9. Aztec empire northern mexico, peak in c15, centralized state involved in military conquest and the extraction of wealth from those they conquered. Inca empire ecuador to chile, emerged in c15, politically centralized state (expansionist empire), surplus producing economy (beyond subsistence), terraced agriculture, irrigation systems, roads and food distribution networks.
