ANTHRO 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Blackbirding
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Operating perhaps in one village of a society. Imperialism the practice of running an empire of one society dominating other societies. Colonialism kind of imperialism, process of governing subordinate groups as a sovereign government. Beginning in the 15th century, western europe rises to global power colonizing countries. 16th century (matters were dominated by kingdoms of spain and portugal) Great britain 18th and 19th century: need raw materials (cash crops, nickel, markets, late 19th century industrial capitalism. Iv: direct settlement of overseas territories, develop resource extraction (mining operations, make use of the labor of the local people through direct coercion (force against will) Conscription the colonial government would issue an order for people to work on a specific project until its completion: indirect means (accessing labor of local people) Ex: taxes, charge a head tax, the tax had to be paid in the currency of colonial power.
