GEOG 3050 Lecture Notes - World-Systems Theory, Import Substitution Industrialization, Unequal Exchange
12 Feb 2013
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Later on were aztec, inca, africa etc. (ad) The part of the world that we consider the global south now were some of the largest cities in the year 100-1500. Replaced and covered past civilizations; tenochtitlan and mexico city. Economic specialization as a development strategy urban effect. Theories of modern urbanization in the global south. Colonialism began in 1492 (a little bit earlier: newly created cities: mumbai, kolkata, ho chi minh city, jakarta, manila, nairobi, adapted cities (adding to existing cities: delhi, shanghai, tunis. Functions: colonial administration and commerce, military security, and these exist directly beside indigenous commerce and residence. Traditional markets etc. were sustained but colonial influences expand on it and this can be seen in the structure of the city. Colonial cities served as centres for european political administration, exercises of discipline and justice, hygiene/sanitation, cultural dissemination, and economic concentration. These were usually trading posts and admin centres, rather than centres of manufacturing and production.
