HIS 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Quit India Movement, Jawaharlal Nehru, New Imperialism
21 Oct 2016
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Imperialism in the late 19th century (new imperialism) New imperialism: the attempt to assume control over areas that would provide economic bene t and prestige for the home country/nation state, sometimes by way of careful development but often by way of ruthless exploitation. Formal imperialism: the forcible establishment of political control by one state over another by transforming the weaker territory into a colony to protectorate. Informal imperialism: the exertion of in uential by stronger nations over weaker ones without formal control, via the real or potential exercise of force, exploration of economic advantages of industrial nations over non-industrial ones. Two reasons for decolonization: stigma and shame. The british starts to invest into indian infrastructure. Pakistan remains a dominion until 1956 then becomes the muslim republic. Uk is interested in controlling trade routes to india. Berlin conference where europeans divide up africa. Belgian congo extracts all the resources, basically the worst.
