SOC 0829 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: White Supremacy, Social Darwinism, Arthur De Gobineau
8 Feb 2017
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The colonization of africa = the first scramble for africa . Before 1880: european presence confined to a few coastal zones. Between 1880 and 1900: europeans colonization of africa (except liberia and ethiopia) Britain, italy, france, spain, portugal, germany, belgium. Reasons for the scramble: economic reasons: Need for areas to invest surplus capital. Surplus of working power in europe looked for employment abroad: political reasons: Rise of european nationalism: cultural reasons: Domination of others is a must (racism) Working definition of a colony: a multidimensional space that must be controlled for the colonizer"s goals to be met. , all dimensions are related. Colony as a social space (political and economic) Creation of social institutions that will allow europeans to rule. Direct rule: highly centralized authority/all decisions are made in the metropole: france, portugal. Indirect rule: the colony is divided into different regions and different regions and districts: england.
