HISB51H3 Lecture 1: Lecture 1
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Reading week 1: a place in the sun, 1901 by kaiser wilhelm ii. President of germany"s speech to the north german regatta. Association: wilhem wanted an overseas empire like the british and tried to increase germany"s prestige through expansion. Reading week 1: africans: a history of a continent by john iliffe. Starts talking about the european penetration of africa for territory. Reading week 1: belgium and the colonial experience by martin ewans. Belgium went into a state of denial about leopold"s record in the. Congo: the economy of the belgian congo was based on forced labour. Before handing over the congo, leopold created a number of companies to ensure he would derive profits from the territory . Union mini re (copper and other metals) and formini re (diamonds) whom were allowed to expropriate large tracts of oil palms and force locals to harvest them for the company"s benefit. Reading week 1: open letter to kind leopold, 1890 by george.
