HIEU 3152 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chinese Tea, Nomic, Lowkey
7 Jul 2016
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The challenge of imperial history: empires = states which understand they don"t rule over 1 single homogenous group. The globe painted red: a misleading image: globe painted red by british misleading image. All the same color (pink red), but all established in different times by different ethnicities. Map claims uniformity + dominance = both questionable: empire monolith juxtaposition. What, when, and where was empire: what: british empire. Partly because empire de nitions concrete until 19th century. Empire of settlement: british empire, empire of rule (military, empire of faith (missionary work/crusade/humanitarian cause) !1: empire of settlement (sending white colonists to create settlements) Thursday, august 27, 2015: empire of trade. The 17th century (i): ireland as a colonial laboratory: ireland = colonial lab. Why did english come: ireland = political/military/geopolitical threat, also a cultural element that british think ireland as weird/alien/different. Civilizing mission for the british improving cultures from english pov.
