HIST 3380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Biblioteca Europea Di Informazione E Cultura, Unequal Exchange
1 Jun 2016
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British impact on india, china, parts of africa, and the islamic world. Imperialism: the process of culture contact and globalization within a system of unequal exchange embracing power-focused ideals. Imperialism is the study of the process of culture contact: globalization. Cultural creation through imperialism (i. e. islamic empire) Collision of two or more cultures and the subsequent unequal exchange of power between the involved cultures. An imperial people by virtue of moral superiority and civilization. Imperialism is about power ideas are important for the power of imperialism. Empire is as much an idea as is any form of invisible control. One people need only define themselves in comparison to another in order to establish power (i. e. the british people identified themselves as an empire) The british defined the french as imperialists in the 17th century (british newspaper propaganda concerning aggressive french behaviour ironic due to britain"s stance on imperialism) British focus surrounded property right, rule of law, civil liberty, etc.
