HIS 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Atlantic Charter, Satyagraha, Sub-Saharan Africa

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: History
• Course: HIS 1111
• Professor: Don't Know

Document Summary

Decolonization: historical roots and precipitating conditions: waves of decolonization, decolonization happened in two particular moments of geopolitical crisis; after the napoleonic wars the americas won their independence after spain and portugal were weakened and devastated. World war ii proved another destabilizing event precipitating the independence of africa and asia: changing culture indoctrination + justification of this type of, colonialism rule. Ii: a multi-dimensional system through which an industrialized. Great power dominated the resources and lives of non- Enhance ethnic identity: violence and consent: non-western peoples were kept in check by europeans through the joint application of violence and propaganda emphasizing white supremacy and the hopelessness of resistance to the colonial power. Middle east +emergence of nationalist parties: stage 2: wwii as a shock to the systems (1941-1945, atlantic charter, british defeat at singapore (1941, all throughout the pacific rim, japan showed that asians could defeat european rule liberation.