ASAMST 20A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Manifest Destiny, Ganghwado, Putting-Out System
4 Dec 2018
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Transnational: social and economic relations in 2 nations. Diaspora: scattering of peoples from original location. White man"s burden: responsibility of the white man to civilize the uncivilized. Manifest destiny: territories around the world should be managed by the us bc destiny. Link between european colonization and asian migration. Core: western europe and us commerce and manufacturing. Periphery latin america: land and mineral resources. Gunboat diplomacy: open fire until you sign treaty and give us what we want. Trade imbalance because china was not purchasing enough. Supported british in opium war because us wanted access to china as well. Open ports: opium and cheaper manufactured goods. Extraterritoriality: british person commits crime in china will be tried in. Burning of new summer palace in beijing. Later: governor jamaica, canada, and viceroy of india. Labor shortage due to abolition of slavery. 1840-1870:250,000 chinese and 500,000 asian indians to new british colonies. Barracoon ships (aka african slave ships): brought laborers.
