SOSC 1430 Lecture Notes - Indirect Rule, Eurocentrism, Encomienda
13 Oct 2013
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Colonialism in latin america: mercantile colonialism, european goals, The process of conquest: stratified state societies, egalitarian subsistence societies. Describe process by which europe partitions africa, and assign parts of the territory to 5-6 different countries partition in late 19th century through territorial control. Africa: stratified state societies, and colonizers were fast growing capitalists societies ->look for sources of raw material that would fuel europe more. They introduced system that displaced people from land, and forced wage work still remains as important tension in africa from the white settlers. British: indirect rule: approach that acknowledges that there are already structures of hierarchy and organizations in parts of region, and might me more effective to let local leaders to become agents of colonialism partnership with colonizers. The french: decided policy of total assimilation those societies needed to give up cultures and organizations and assimilate into french values (eurocentric)
