HIS 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Imperialism, Social Imperialism, Unequal Treaty
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Industrialized west is better than non european areas: europeans powerful military, economy, organization, psychology, european population growth faster than immigration, 1884 maxim gun machine gun, 1850 quinine get rid of malaria, sewers, sanitation, 1840 steamboats oceans and rivers are not boundaries anymore. Great power rivalries: british empire was not destined to last same with russia, germany, france, had to be vigorously maintained or it would fail, scramble for africa. Charles darwin: on the origins of species, 1859, theory of evolution, natural selection survival of the fittest, marx ---- stages, scientific, class conflict. Racism: child of enlightenment, some things in nature are better than others social darwinism, european superiority educated europeans, strong militaries, civilization, winning wars and strength show racial superiority. Thomas robert burgeaud: french general, kill 850,000 ppl in algeria, came up with idea of putting ppl in caves and putting bombs inside.
