HIST 011 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Force India, Cash Crop (Album), Social Darwinism
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Chapter outline: ways of the world, chapter 18. Created the need for extensive raw materials and agricultural products. Cocoa and palm oil from west africa. By 1840, britain was exporting 60% of its cotton-cloth production, being millions of yard to. Between 1910 and 1914, britain was sending about half of its savings overseas as foreign investment. Industrialization led to serious redistribution of wealth. Colonies became symbol of great power, status for a nation. Imperialism appealed on economic and social grounds to the wealthy ambitious. Suez canal in 1869 was constructed to reach asian and african port more quickly. Europeans opinion on other culture dropped sharply. Europeans used the apparatus of science to support their racial preference and prejudices. Race in this view, determined human intelligence, moral development and destiny. Charles darwin- the survival of the ttest led to social darwinism. Between 1750-1914, was the second round of conquest in asia and africa.
