HISTORY 2500 Chapter 9: Reading 15 Anticolonial Politics and Transformations
29 Oct 2017
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Vigorous defenses in many third world areas a) Victims took much time to organize resistance to colonial rule. Destruction of established worldviews among colonized a) b) c) Most cases had mix of indigenous and colonial hybrids, with modern twist. Some more assimilationist, spread own culture to those conquered. Some more exploitive like those in 17th century c) Labor came from elsewhere, not indigenous b) c) Rebellions and campaigns commonplace and increasingly well organized. Actions of main european states had global consequences. Political injustice started becoming more well known b) Signified start of the end of colonial rule. Acute crisis of the system, end of expansionism. Indigenous elites believed it was time to change rule. Third world leaders saw european war as opportunity to support enemy enemies. Soviet union became focus for third world attention. Believed that unrestricted private enterprise out of date. Marxist generally saw little to admire the precolonial era.
