HIST 2600 Lecture 5: HIST 2600 Week 5 (6) Lecture X.docx
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Defined as: their country: important for britain to have colonies around the world, which maintains its economic and military dominance, instead of colonies being used merely for economic purposes, also being used militarily (stationing troops all over the world) to show dominance and power (cid:223)what makes it different than the old imperialism. Their sea supremacy is challenged by germany in later 19th and early 20th century: germany has a strong economy, especially its steal manufacturing, because of this they start to build a significant navy, rivaling the size of britain"s. Building on the idea that was first introduced by darwin, survival of the fittest: some are better fit to survive because they are a superior race, english saying this of themselves, asia africa and pacific are of lower orders, this is justification for imperialism, the white man"s burden rudyard kipling, 1899.