POLI 227 Lecture Notes - Subsistence Agriculture
31 Mar 2013
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Last part of developing world to be colonized was the middle east. Very tough to colonize because the ottoman empire was powerful already- when it started to lose power mid 19th century europe scrambled for it. Development and modernization approach tends to view colonialism as just another part of development. New social order based on race and class. Political control passes from european colonizing power to local white elites. Native societies are often larger, more robust, or more remote. Political control passed to the colonial power, where the agenda was set by colonial needs and borders were established arbitrarily and sometimes ignored internal politics, was based on racist ideological justificaiton such as civilizing missions. Video- colonialsm in 10 minutes- scramble for africa. Patterns of colonial rule: centralized/direct: french rule, indirect: british rule, hands-off: dutch rule (but backed by force when necessary to maintain control)
