ANTHRO 2A Study Guide - Final Guide: Indentured Servant, Blackbirding, Indian Removal Act
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Imperialism: practice of the domination of subordinate groups, subtle control like through middlemen. Colonialism: a type of imperialism that addresses the process of governing subordinate groups as colonies, direct administration of conquered territories, e. g. British india where they sent people over to the colony to govern the natives. Conscription: an order by some government body for people to work (usually without money) on some specific task, has a specific duration, and then ends, e. g. if you don"t obey the order, you will be fined, flogged, etc. Reserves: relocate to marginal lands (not good quality, they were unable to continue because not enough area, fertile soil. Indian removal act of 1830: signed by andrew jackson, forced indians to relocate to reservations in oklahoma, the whites wanted the indian lands, nobody wanted the land in oklahoma, brazil, canada, africa also have reserves for their natives. Land tenure: privatization of land v. corporate land. Commodification: inalienable = hard to be commodified.
