HIST104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: New Imperialism, International African Association
6 Jul 2017
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New imperialism: it has connections to racism and nationalism, also connected to international political and economic competition. It brought conflicting mission christianity, commerce, and civilization . Unequal treatment subject population justification for economic and political control. Use of violence and oppression: the new imperialism it emphasis on direct or indirect control of overseas territories. But involved other states as well, united sates. Motives behind european imperialism: strategic concerns, nationalism and international competition, economic interests. Ideologies and cultural superiority set of idea that make people believe that there are other superior groups. Technological advances: military the developing of machine guns in the 1850s the european had the military technologies up to wwi them machines started to travel among other countries, explorations and cartography: central africa. Many of people who toke power into looking at new places in new countries. Transportation: railroads, india, africa,: 1850 build new roads to help the europeans to travel inside.
