ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Indian Removal Act, Lubicon Lake Indian Nation, International Monetary Fund
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^ may not be because of technology. Need to secure raw materials for products. Need constant demand for products and there was competition between countries. Indian textile market ended up decimated + led to colonization of india (had far- reaching impacts) Impact on indigenous people in the united states. To understand racism + indigenous roots to completely get the history. Cash crops: demand for sugar, cocoa, coffee. Indigenous people were alienated from the land, affected their families, and issues over land arose during this time. Textbook: economic development gives people a reason for colonialism (improving people"s standard of li(cid:448)ing) International institutions (world bank enhances industrialization in developing world) Countries start get off the (cid:862)leash(cid:863) of (cid:272)olonial po(cid:449)ers. International communities want to help (leads to a push for economic development) Plan to help nations economically affected by war. 1944: meet together and are lending money for economic development.