HIST 3420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Pax Britannica, Industrial Revolution, Nationstates
22 Apr 2019
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Period when britain secures status as a global power genuine power has a presence and can assert strengths/weaknesses globally. Slavery is abolished emancipation of the slaves. This was global protracted war that commanded the resources of entire nation-states had to raise armies. It interrupted trade at a critical period for europe- industrial revolution going on. New for them and for the world. State with global presence operating under these conditions. At this point, the history of brt is the history of globalization- which is happening under. Brt dominance does not mean brt is the only force initiating it. The characteristic of trade especially in india and middle east- those developments are all happening independently. But brt in position to be uniquely beneficial from it. Modernity was happening anyway- brt in a position to gain and benefit and centralize the operation of global modernity under its own institutions and shape it according to their image.
