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Explore European industrialization, colonial territories, social reform, and the partitioning of Africa and Asia from 1763 to 1914. Dive into the impact on societies, economy, and the dynamic between colonizers and colonized.
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24 Industrialization and Imperialism: The Making of the European Global Order
Industrialization and Imperialism • The Shift to Land Empires in Asia • Industrial Rivalries and the Partition of the World, 1870–1914 • Patterns of Dominance: Continuity and Change
The Shift to Land Empires in Asia • Prototype: The Dutch Advance on Java • Dutch • Initially pay tribute to ruler of Mataram • Take part in political rivalry • Intervene in succession wars • By 1750, dominate
The Consolidation of British Rule • Mughal decline gives British opportunity • Presidencies • Capitals: Madras, Bombay, Calcutta • Rest of India indirectly ruled
The Growth of the British Empire in India, From the 1750s to 1858
Early Colonial Society in India and Java • Asian societies left in place • Europeans a dominant class • Males marry indigenous women
Social Reform in the Colonies • British forced to take direct control • 1770s, famine in Bengal • British East India Company • Accountable to British government • Indians excluded from administration
Social Reform in the Colonies • Evangelical religion • Social reform • End to slave trade • End to sati sought • Watershed • Attempt to reshape colonial society
Industrial Rivalries and the Partition of the World, 1870-1914 • Unequal Combat: • Colonial Wars and the Apex of European • Imperialism • Mass-produced weapons • Machine gun • Railroads, steam ships
Patterns of Dominance: Continuity and Change • "Tropical dependencies" • Africa, Asia, South Pacific • Europeans rule indigenous peoples • Settler colonies • "White Dominions" • e.g. Canada, Australia • Inhabitants mostly Europeans
Patterns of Dominance: Continuity and Change • Second type • e.g. Algeria, Kenya, Southern Rhodesia • Large numbers of Europeans • Large indigenous numbers • Increase over time • Increasing conflict
Colonial Regimes and Social Hierarchies in the Tropical Dependencies • Cultural influence • English language education • Missionaries run schools
Changing Social Relations Between Colonizers and the Colonized • European communities grow • Increasing segregation • Ideas of white supremacy • Shifts in Methods of Economic Extraction • Drive to increase production, lower costs • Many colonies become dependent • Railways, roads built to serve extraction
Changing Social Relations Between Colonizers and the Colonized • Settler Colonies in South Africa and the Pacific • Relations varied • Disease decimates in some cases • Some native peoples Westernized • Some more resistant
South Africa • Afrikaners • Enslave Khoikhoi • British rule • Attempt to end slavery • Afrikaners resist • Move inland: Great Trek • Conflict with Bantu • British more involved
South Africa • Afrikaners form republics • Discovery of diamonds and gold • Boer wars (1899-1902)
Pacific Tragedies • New Zealand • 1790s, first Europeans • Alcoholism, prostitution spread • Maoris adopt firearms • 1850s, change • British farmers, herders arrive • Maoris pushed into interior • Adopt European culture
Pacific Tragedies • Hawaii • James Cook • Prince Kamehameha • Westernization • 1810, rules Hawaiian kingdom • Disease devastates population
Pacific Tragedies • Hawaii • Shift • Asian workers • American settlers • Push for annexation • Weak rulers pushed out • 1893, last ruler deposed • 1898, annexed by United States
Global Connections: A European-Dominated Early Phase of Globalization • Industrial Revolution influences globalization • The means and motive for colonization • Shapes empires • Unprecedented flow of goods • Accompanied by feelings of superiority