ANTHRO 2A Study Guide - Final Guide: Kalahari Desert, Contortion, Spirit Possession
Document Summary
Macro and local levels of social analysis: local level. Practice of one society dominating and subjugating another: colonialism - act. Qing dynasty china: today"s globalized world. Wave 1: discovery of the new world (america: 16th century. France: character of imperialism in wave 1. Wave 2: early industrial capitalism: great britain in late 18th and early 19th centuries. Wave 3: late 19th century industrial capitalism: supply from and for colonies, each nation trying to establish territory dominance, japan. How to profit from the colonies: direct settlement of overseas territory, develop resource extraction. Mining, plantations, etc: make use of local people. Conscription: government order for people to work on a specific project. Taxes: in the currency of the sovereign power. Take away people"s land: people would have to work in order to subsidize their living. Impacts of imperial expansion on the colonized: depopulation. You are most contagious when you are about to get sick. In many cases, the locals would fight back.
