Social Sciences and History / Unit 4 SSH 0331 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The New Imperialism: Technology, Motive, Plunder
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The idea
Telegraph, weapons and quinine raised Europe's share of the globe from about a third to over eighty percent. The Second Industrial Revolution wanted raw materials. The Scramble for Africa began in the eighteen eighties.
In practice
Plunder economies: land expropriated, materials shipped, labor coerced, the Congo the extreme.
Where people slip
Ethiopia at Adwa in eighteen ninety-six and Japan were the exceptions. Violence was empire's substance.
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