SOSC 1430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Expansionism, Mongul, Eurocentrism
3 Oct 2016
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Introduction, pre-colonial societies, egalitarian (subsistence societies), non-egalitarian (state-based societies), conclusion. Societies under control of imperial powers, conquest, force. Diversity of human cultures in pre-contact societies. Many had levels of development equal or superior to western europe by 1400s-1500s - larger, more economically advanced - quite paradoxical. Assumed europe colonized these societies due to inherent superiority - in many contexts, it is opposite - signi cant social development interrupted by colonizers. Robins - those societies had: complex productive systems (india, latin america), socioeconomic development, advanced systems of social/political administration. Large societies of millions of people that made euro-feudal society pale in comparison. Conquest - led to destruction and radical transformation of societies referred to as primitive . Case in point: india - from world producer of textiles to a region producing raw materials for. England"s textile industry - set back in terms of development. Pre-conquest societies - restructured to serve european needs.
