HIST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Congo River, Social Darwinism, Otto Von Bismarck
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Hobson, excess capital, need for new markets: v. i. Lenin, last stage of capitalism: (cid:862)burde(cid:374)s(cid:863) (cid:894)jere(cid:373)y be(cid:374)tha(cid:373), w. e. Indirect imperialism: business imperialism, domination of plantation agriculture; informal, investment without political rule, concentration on africa and eastern asia, political rivalries among western powers led to imperialist rivalries. Factors driving imperialism: new markets and resources, population pressures, opportunities for investment, britain 1906-1913, 36% of all capital investment oversees, prote(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of (cid:862)lifeli(cid:374)e to i(cid:374)dia(cid:863, adventurers and missionaries. Domination of indigenous peoples: social darwinism, christianize and civilize, colonial administrations. Christianize and civilize: what is different about missionary efforts in the 19th century is the inclusion of. Protestant as well as catholics in the process: educate local populations in the ways of europe and america and according to western standards. Concerns of berlin: agree that the congo river and giver river mouths and basins would be considered neutral andopen to trade, part of congo river bain personal fiefdom of belgian king leopold ii.