01:506:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: American Imperialism, Inequality Of Bargaining Power, New Imperialism
13 Mar 2018
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Social scientists have used a variety of terms to refer to the bifurcation between modern and traditional societies, rich and poor: european/non-european, western/non, and now developed/less developed, or developing, or third (fourth and fifth) world--and even north and south. By 1900, there was a world civilization, with all nations participating in a world economy and the attributes of modernity available to all. The west reaped the fruits of progress, while native industry suffered. European railroads threw native boatmen, carters, innkeepers out of work; migratory tribes were forced to settle; native farmers were required to produce for export and were tied to the world markets. Imperialism, the colonialism of the late 19th century, may be defined as the government of one people by another. Subject peoples wanted to advance; they took western science, skill, and capital, but also assimilated ideals of liberty, equality, democracy, and anti-capitalism: imperialism: its nature and causes, the new imperialism pp.
