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Chapter Thirty-Four: The Building of Global Empires

Bentley & Ziegler, TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS, 2/e. Chapter Thirty-Four: The Building of Global Empires. Today’s Big Questions. Why did European and non-European powers seek empires? What are the primary consequences of those empires upon the world today?.

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Chapter Thirty-Four: The Building of Global Empires

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  1. Bentley & Ziegler, TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS, 2/e Chapter Thirty-Four: The Building of Global Empires

  2. Today’s Big Questions • Why did European and non-European powers seek empires? • What are the primary consequences of those empires upon the world today?

  3. Chapter Thirty-Four:The Building of Global Empires • Foundations of Empire • Motives of Imperialism • Modern Imperialism • Modern Colonialism • Economic Motives of Imperialism • Political Motives of Imperialism • Cultural Justifications of Imperialism

  4. Chapter Thirty-Four:The Building of Global Empires • Foundations of Empire • Tools of Empire • Transportation Technologies • Military Technologies • Communications Technologies

  5. Chapter Thirty-Four:The Building of Global Empires • Legacies of Imperialism • Labor Migrations • European Migration • Indentured Labor Migration • Empire and Migration

  6. Chapter Thirty-Four:The Building of Global Empires • Legacies of Imperialism • Empire and Society • Colonial Conflict • Scientific Racism • Popular Racism • Anti-colonial movements

  7. The Big Questions Revisited • The drive for empire was the outcome of a complex set of economic and cultural factors that varied across countries. • The legacy of empires has many dimensions. However, it was virtually inescapable that the drive for empire would bring imperial powers into conflict with each other into conflict in the 20th century

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