HIST 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: White Lotus Rebellion, Sinicization, Great Divergence
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Lecture 16: big trouble in china, the taiping rebellion. Robinson and gallagher: informal empire where possible, formal empire where necessary. Imperialism in a broader sense: informal and formal empire being different. Free trade and economics role: empire follows the flag. Local crises: which imperial imperial influence, force the empires hand into formalizing control. Case studies: formal (british india), informal (latin america: argentina, china) China is not colonized or formal part of an empire. Balance of powers as other europeans are interested china. 1: first opium war (late 1830s) bellwether for significant changes. 2: 2nd bloodiest conflict in world history: taiping rebellion. Set the stage: china"s relationship with european powers. Europeans have little to nothing to offer the chinese except for bullion. Europeans don"t want to give up bullion very easily. Want to replace bullion with another commodity (opium) Allows set # of european factories 4-6 months to be present in canton. Extremely restrictive system, europeans want to go beyond it.
