POLB90H3 Lecture Notes - Triangular Trade, East India Company, Frantz Fanon
27 Feb 2014
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Tuesday, october 22, 2013: post-colonial thinkers alert us that the expansion of europe had profound impact on the attitudes. Keep order of exports, organize merchants, and regulate trade. China [had gun powder and printing press] Example: the meroes empire, 8th century bc. India (exporter of textiles: sophisticated agricultural systems: india, china, peru (inca, can"t move on until able to produce agricultural surplus. Moral obligation to ensure the lower cast: peru (inca): land was given to family in accordance to their needs and their ability to. Imperialism: political control and acquisition of resources of conquered societies. 1400: european expansion begins: rise of trade, decline of feudal europe, emergence of artisanal industries (particularly in textiles, began to expand, food (soil began to deplete, trade routes, bullion (gold, silver) 1500-1600 spain the americas: facilitate by. Weapons (steel and horses: motivations wealth, religious conversion diseases (americans were not resistant to european diseases) Tuesday, october 22, 2013: concentration of wealth of wealth.
