HIST 2710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Atlantic Slave Trade, Movement For The Emancipation Of The Niger Delta, Indentured Servant
30 Jan 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Historical legacy: spanish colony, abolished the slave trade in 1886, chinese indentureship occurred during slavery. Why china: china 1800-1906, britain"s dilemma: they have a demand for chinese goods (tea, silk, porcelain), but had no product that were of interest the chinese, solution, create a demand. British in india: since late 16th century, of cial political dominion over trade, 1858, develop poppy plantations in south asia (india, re ne poppy seeds into opium, smuggle the narcotic into china. British in china: 1st opium war (1840-42, five chinese ports lost to british (treaty of nanking, 2nd opium war (1856-1860, 12 chinese ports to british, americans & french (treaty of tientsin) Deregulation of chinese immigrants = increase of labour. Foucault, the government"s areas of in uence are not restricted to politics. The government has a multiple techniques: offers a new interpretation of power. Power is seen than the capacity to impose and enforce the rule of law.
