HIUS 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Northwest Passage, Barter, Navy
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Hius 103 lecture 3 the world system and circuits of capitalism. Recap: imperialism: expansion of nations outside of territorial boundaries. State power dominating another territory: formal, direct conquest. Informal: political, economic influence, driven by ideology, necessitates violence. I(cid:374) (cid:449)hat (cid:449)a(cid:455)s (cid:449)as ha(cid:449)ai(cid:859)i i(cid:373)po(cid:396)ta(cid:374)t to the e(cid:373)e(cid:396)gi(cid:374)g pa(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld i(cid:374) the late (cid:1005)7(cid:1004)(cid:1004)s a(cid:374)d ea(cid:396)l(cid:455) Empire: wanted to exploit natural resources of north america in order to produce goods that. Instead, the pacific was always a part of the american narrative. Incorporated as wage laborers to procure and extract resources: seized the opportunity to travel to far-flung places of the world to earn a living, myth of the disappearing native, natives never disappeared. Sandalwood 1810s-1820s: after fur prices fell, used by chinese for many goods, whaling 1820s-1840s, whale oil, whale bones, after whale supplies exhausted elsewhere. Sugar 1835-1940s: dominates the extractive economy of hawaii, yokota: social systems disrupted/destroyed by joining global economy, diminishing indigenous political economy.
