HIST 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: British Latin, Wayang, Columbian Exchange
7 Feb 2018
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Forms, legacies, organization: second phase of european expansion: 8 countries are imperial powers - spain, portugal, france, england, holland, Belgium, germany, and italy: large-scale migration of indentured laborers and settlers causes cultural and social legacies (ex. Legacies (left behind by imperialism: nation sates (ex. English: international law, declaration of human rights, economic/second columbian exchange - zones dedicated to commercial export oriented around agriculture (ex. Imperial gardens); imperial botany, rubber, transfers of biota. Imperialism and industrialization: metallurgy and mass production changes military technology, volume increase in welded weaponry ex. Devil"s rope, aka barbed wire, quickly contained people and this technique was so successful that it spread across the globe as a technique to break civilian resistance. Informal empires: informal areas of the world were european power makes no claim to sovereignty over people or administration of their lives, yet enjoys a great deal of economic/political influence - most economically important ex.
