Geography 3411A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Neocolonialism, Information System, Discourse Analysis
24 Sep 2017
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Long history of imperialist and colonial expansion. The 15th to 20th c european expansion unsurpassed. Nor only an economic, political, and military project of control over space but a cultural been under formal european government one. Ex: meanings legitimized by the dominant group through ideas, representations, ways of doing and thinking. Making the so-called third world or underdeveloped or developing world. Shaping the contemporary worlds systems, including globalization. Three phases of colonialism: mercantilism 15th c - early 19th c. Exploitation lead to violent conquest & settlement. European hegemony over much of the world: classical imperialism 1820-1918. Rooted in capitalist development and inter-imperial rivalry for. 1875-1918 colonial power averaged to conquer 240,000 square miles per year. 25% of globes land surface occupied by 6 european states and their colonies. Independence from direct colonial rule came relatively quick. Political elites still linked to former colonial powers.
