GEOG 1003 Chapter : Human Geography
Document Summary
Cecil rhodes: dreamed of bringing africa under british rule from the cape to cairo. Made his fortune in gold, diamonds, and platinum in southern africa. The outcome was an international division of labor: driven by the needs of the core, and imposed though its economic and military strength. Colonized places produced products: that the industrial core needed (e. g. raw materials. , that the colonies had a comparative advantage in producing. The dynamics of colonialism were self-reinforcing once they were established. Core regions: control most advanced technologies, dominate trade, high levels of productivity, diversified economies. This made the world inter-dependent as it was unequal. Decolonization was the result of nationalist movements in the colonized countries. Newly independent nations sought to modernize their countries (increase industrialization and economic productivity and improve the average standards of living. ) and cooperate as a 3rd" world. Modernization theory developed during decolonization and the cold war.
