HIST 151 Lecture Notes - American Civil War
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When we say the word we get certain images in mind : officer sipping tea in a race aggregated club chatting about a hunting expedition, officers violently butting down revolts against colonial roles. We often think about the economic dimensions of colonialism: the extraction of raw materials in india and africa, the vast market beyond britain and it friend shores. The conquest of things was a part of the story of colonialism: we interpret this as greed. Colonialism is not just about greed or conquest things : a longing to conquer people. British and french planning in every spear. These things introduction to the middle east by the europeans was an integral part of a cultural and intellectual conquest of the region: that for perk is an important part of colonialism. Colonialism is about reordering middle eastern society. Through european administration, science, agriculture, and planning, colonial rollers will seek to info-trade middle eastern society.