HISTORY 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Early American Currency, Wage Labour, Intelligentsia
8 Mar 2016
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Colonialism as an economic and social system: new transport systems, products, and cities. Urbanization and new export economy created a whole new social order. In general, areas that most linked to world economy are most politically disturbed. International link between sea colonies on one hand, and eur, us, india on the other hand. Between local production center (ex those producing rice) within each colony & chief export cities (ex rangoon) (domestic linkage). Mid & late 19 t h century, use of steam ship is more efficient. Also practical to send european heavy railroad equipment, mining machinery, facilitated extraction of goods for export from sea. Practice consequences after 1780, mainland became major rice export zone (delta of mekong, delta of chaopraya of siam, irrawaddy basin). European provided water control techniques & incentive for chief consumer goods encourage : nei produced large quantity of coconut (for cooking oil and soap), tin by o.
