FDSC 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: E. D. Morel, Congo Reform Association, Congo Free State

• School: McGill University
• Department: Food Science
• Course: FDSC 230
• Professor: Varoujan Yaylayan

Document Summary

Joseph conrad, heart of darkness (1898: arrested for high treason, part of the british colonial govt in congo, leopold ii of the belgians" atrocities in the congo free state. Australia, plus trading stations (african and s american coasts + atlantic and. Company territories: the scramble for africa, rapid takeover, european explorations of african interior, 1850s-70s (at first little was known about. Justification of capitalist collapse taking longer than predicted by marx and. ______________________________________more investment stuffffff: but economic factors still played a big role in the intensifying competition in protectionist europe during the. Great depression: new markets are important no matter how slim in decisions of leopold in the congo, french in w. africa, brits in s. Africa in creating local instability that led to formal control: economic penetration of euro powers in need to protect gb sea lanes to economically important india (particularly cotton)