POLI 244 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: Pax Britannica, Guangzhou, Livre

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 244
• Professor: Fernando Nunez- Mietz

Document Summary

Global trade grew during the 19th century, and therefore asia and specially china integrated the global economy with canton, china, became an international trading port. Between 1815 with napoleonic conquests and wwi 1914, peace reigned in western europe and north america. However, even though peace where between the countries, there rapidly has conflicts with the indigenous peoples of america. A bloody civil war took place in the country. The american economy explode, fastest growth in the world history. But, since wwi, people were subject to a lot of kind of violence (post-war) and the uncertainty of the economy. The (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1006)(cid:1013)"s (cid:272)(cid:396)isis p(cid:396)o(cid:448)oked a (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld dep(cid:396)essio(cid:374), u(cid:374)e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d di(cid:272)tato(cid:396)ship. Wwii, the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t (cid:271)ette(cid:396), di(cid:448)ided i(cid:374) t(cid:449)o (cid:271)lo(cid:272)s, the u a(cid:374)d the o(cid:448)iet u(cid:374)io(cid:374). These cold war affected the rest of the world, as latin american countries achieved their independence, Asia and africa got under the domination of the europeans.