HIST 1112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Influenza Pandemic, Planned Economy, Art Spiegelman
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Anarchism - abolition of the state - emerged from marxism. It spread around the world during the long depression. Many anarchists were intellectuals seeking change during the crisis of liberalism. Anarchism was the primary cause of world war 1. Conditions that emerged from the long depression set the stage for ww1. Crisis of old empires like the qing and ottomans. 2nd industrial revolution - arms race between germany and britain. Lesser powers could not compete so formed alliances complicating things. Most countries were reluctant to adopt mass democracy and free markets. Imperial crisis 2 - collapse of the qing 1911. Imperial crisis 3 - japan and imperialism in asia. Imperial crisis 4 - the weak ottoman empire. Ww1 began in the balkans over the disintegration of the ottoman empire. Austria-hungary declared war on serbia for the assassination of the heir to their dual monarchy. Due to alliances, most of europe was at war within weeks.
