HIST 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Bretton Woods System, Atlantic Slave Trade, Atlantic Revolutions
Class note 19
What are the three waves of independence movement
First wave: Asia and the Middle East (India, Philippines, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan)
1940s
Second Wave: Africa, 1950s-1970s
Third Wave: Caribbean (Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados) and Pacific Ocean islands
(Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa) 1960s-1970s
What are the genealogy of globalization
Silk Road, Indian Ocean, trans-Saharan trades routes (spread of Buddhism,
Christianity and Islam), Atlantic System, Columbian Exchange, Atlantic Slave
Trade, Plantation Complex, Enlightenment, Atlantic Revolutions, Industrial
Revolution, High Imperialism, Scramble for Africa
Bretton Woods system
1944- U.S officials forged a set of agreements and institutions (IMF) that laid the
foundation for postwar globalization. this system negotiated the rules for
commercial and financial dealings among the major capitalist countries, while
promoting free trade
Global North
(Rich nations)
Global South
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Document Summary
What are the three waves of independence movement. First wave: asia and the middle east (india, philippines, indonesia, iraq, jordan) Third wave: caribbean (jamaica, trinidad, barbados) and pacific ocean islands (fiji, papua new guinea, samoa) 1960s-1970s. Silk road, indian ocean, trans-saharan trades routes (spread of buddhism, Christianity and islam), atlantic system, columbian exchange, atlantic slave. 1944- u. s officials forged a set of agreements and institutions (imf) that laid the foundation for postwar globalization. this system negotiated the rules for commercial and financial dealings among the major capitalist countries, while promoting free trade. Global south (developing nations) china, thailand, ethiopia, iran, turkey, central and south. America decolonization signaled the declining legitimacy of both empire and race as credible basis for political or social life. The end of world war 2 ended the german and japanese empire. The end of world war 2 started the african and asian movement for independence (national self-determination)
