HST 296 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Marshall Plan
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Conspicuous history: historic events that make headlines. Submerged history: historic event that affects the individual, but not the world. It"s something you notice when you look back at it. Empire: extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority. Colonialism: policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country occupying it with settlers and exploiting it economically. Social darwinism: one person is better than another, therefore we should conquer the inferior beings. Decolonization: process in which empires withdraw their control from the colonies. Post colonialism: colonialism does not end with colonial occupation. Country no longer exerts power or economic control. Study legacy of colonialism and its effects on the individuals. Allows people to move up in socioeconomic status. Communism: for the people as a whole. Main players: china, korea, soviet union, japan and u. s. Vietnam: wanted to be its" own sovereign nation. U. s. and soviets trying to figure out who should rule vietnam.
