HIST 49B Lecture 7: Lecture 7
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Lecture 7 - 1/31/17: the scramble for africa: case studies of egypt and congo, c. 1870-1908. New imperialism: nationalism, belgium 1830, unified germany, italy 1871, more competition amongst nations. Ideological underpinnings: social darwinism, scientific racism, civilizing mission, tech, capitalism, demands for protected markets. Infrastructures, integration of economies, european conquest: dissemination of european (bougie) practices, shift from informal to formal empire in africa. Berlin conference 1884/85: berlin (general) act of 1885, trade, suppress slavery, power balance, civilizing mission, trade, spheres of influence, german imperialism, german unification, 1870, otto von bismarck, protected markets. British occupation of egypt: mehmet ali, vassal of ottoman empire, maximizing independence from istanbul, french influence, military, legal, edu, ferdinand de lesseps and suez canal, suez canal, egypt"s importance to britain, khedive ismali, father of modern egypt. V: dream of establishing an overseas empire for belgium, central africa, henry morton stanley, wales-born american, journalist for ny herald, explorer, 1871: finding livingstone, 1874-"77: congo river c)
