GEOG 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Settler Colonialism, Neocolonialism, Hut Tax
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Global core periphery structure, relative dependency of industrial powers. Settler colonialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism (powers send out people over seas to colonize land and develop military bases) (right to establish territory neo colonialism- isn"t effective today) Environmental destruction from export oriented mono-cropping, mining (soil erosion, vulnerability lead to famine) List of major concepts for second thematic section of course. Workers are paid poorly, raw materials sold for low value. Struggles of peasants, in spite of industrialization many people were still in poverty. To examine the different forms of colonial practice that developed in late 19 th and early 20 th century africa. To locate the differing patterns of labor and environmental change in the belgian congo and south africa in relation to these practices. To briefly note ways in which the long-term patterns of settler colonialism in south africa relate to contemporary environmental issues. West africa: native farmers grow cash crops for global market (groundnuts, cotton, palm oil, cocoa, etc.
