GLOBL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: French Madagascar, Gilded Age, Robert Falcon Scott
Document Summary
Addition and subtraction: enlightenment liberal politics, democracy, nationalism, 400 years of colonialism + modern industrial society = modern imperialism. Imperialism defined: extension of the modern state"s power thru subjugation and rule of other people and exploitation of their resources, references the age of imperialism (1880 to 1914) when rival european powers, usa and. Japan extended their spheres of influence through colonialist rule and exploitation: great power justified policies by claiming to extend benefits of civilization . In 1880, europeans ruled only 10% of africa: suez canal in 1869. Imperial empires: early impulse of modern imperialism was exploration and mapping, exploration followed by missions and trade, trade followed by annexation, by the 1930s about 84% of world lived under some kind of imperial rule. European geographical discovery: 1830 royal geographical society, 1871 congo river- sir henry stanley, 1902 south pole- robert falcon scott, 1926 polar flights richard evelyn byrd, 1927 transatlantic- charles lindbergh, 1953 mount everest- edmund hillary.
