HIST 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Thomas Henry Huxley, John Stuart Mill, Heinrich Barth
26 Oct 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Saw slave trade eneded, industrial revolution and how it picked up pace, how industrialization triggered inter and intra societal trandforms how economic proctectiononism and rivalry among european powers was consequential. The scramble for africa and the pseudo scientific justifications for imperial expansion. Consolidation of colonial rule in africa and asia continues economic protectionism and rivalry. Since early 17th c, the british east india company practically administered. The british military ships arrive and bomb the hell out of chinese positions so china is forced to open to unbalance trade and have to allow opium. The company causes great britian to send in massive military force to get its way to get balance of trade in favor of the compant and quickly they got into a lot of trouble (the company) 1850"s company wanted more and mre direct control of the company and acess to the material wealth that the prissleyy states had to offer.
