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What is the title of the book written by Bernard Porter?
What is the title of the book written by Bernard Porter?
- India Conquered: Britain's Raj and the Chaos of Empire
- The Absent-Minded Imperialists (correct)
- Civilization: The West and the Rest
- The Imperial Empire
What is characteristic of British rule in India according to Jon E.Wilson?
What is characteristic of British rule in India according to Jon E.Wilson?
- Anxious, fragile and chaotic (correct)
- Strong and authoritarian
- Weak and ineffective
- Peaceful and organized
According to Niall Ferguson, what drove the expansion of Western civilization?
According to Niall Ferguson, what drove the expansion of Western civilization?
- Geography, Technology, and Economy
- Politics, Culture, and Irrationality
- Competition, Science, and Property (correct)
- Medicine, Consumption, and Work
What is the main difference between the public sector in Britain and China?
What is the main difference between the public sector in Britain and China?
What is the main characteristic of the religious sector in China?
What is the main characteristic of the religious sector in China?
What is the main difference between the private sector in Britain and the Arab world?
What is the main difference between the private sector in Britain and the Arab world?
According to David Abernethy, what were the three sectors in the metropole?
According to David Abernethy, what were the three sectors in the metropole?
What is the title of the article written by John Darwin?
What is the title of the article written by John Darwin?
What is a key characteristic of formal empires?
What is a key characteristic of formal empires?
What is an example of a country that was a semi-empire?
What is an example of a country that was a semi-empire?
What is the key difference between colonization and colony?
What is the key difference between colonization and colony?
What is an example of internal colonialization?
What is an example of internal colonialization?
What is the primary difference between imperialism and colonialism?
What is the primary difference between imperialism and colonialism?
What is the main characteristic of informal empires?
What is the main characteristic of informal empires?
Which of the following empires is an example of a non-Roman empire?
Which of the following empires is an example of a non-Roman empire?
What is an example of a type of colony?
What is an example of a type of colony?
What is the main characteristic of border colonization?
What is the main characteristic of border colonization?
What is a key distinction between colonization and imperialism?
What is a key distinction between colonization and imperialism?
Which of the following empires is an example of a precolonial empire in Western Africa?
Which of the following empires is an example of a precolonial empire in Western Africa?
What is an example of a country that was an informal empire?
What is an example of a country that was an informal empire?
What is the relationship between the metropolis and conquered areas in imperialism?
What is the relationship between the metropolis and conquered areas in imperialism?
Which of the following is an example of an informal empire?
Which of the following is an example of an informal empire?
What is the main difference between formal and informal empires?
What is the main difference between formal and informal empires?
Which of the following emperors was a non-Roman Roman Emperor?
Which of the following emperors was a non-Roman Roman Emperor?
Study Notes
Colonization
- Colonization goes hand in hand with colony/colonialism, but there are exceptions: colonies without colonization (e.g., only military conquest) and colonization without colonies (e.g., border colonization)
- Internal colonialization: a process where a dominant group within a country exercises control over a weaker group (e.g., Brazil and the hinterland)
- Subcolonial relations: relationships between one colony and another colony of the empire
Types of Colonies
- Administration and legal statuses: viceroyalties, audiencias, protectorates, Crown colonies, free states, overseas provinces, League of Nation mandates, UN trusteeship territories, etc.
- Economy and population: pure settlement colonies, plantation colonies, exploitation colonies, trading settlements, maritime enclaves, etc.
Empires
- Formal empires: several 'peripheries' are subordinated to the center (e.g., Portugal, Spain, Dutch Republic, France, Britain)
- Semi-empires: colonial powers without empires (e.g., Spain post 1820, Belgium)
- Informal empires: pursuit of interests beyond acquisition of territory (e.g., China, 19th-century Britain in Latin America, etc.)
Imperialism
- Comprises all forces and activities contributing to the construction and maintenance of empires
- Imperialism is more comprehensive than colonialism, and colonialism is a special manifestation of imperialism
- No absolute difference between imperialism and colonialism
Examples
- The Roman Empire (ca. 150 AD)
- The Tatar (Mongol) empire
- The Austrian Habsburg Empire
- Imperialism vs. colonization: relationship between metropolis and conquered areas (e.g., border colonization)
- The Russian empire
- Soviet expansion and satellite states in Central Europe after WW II
- China under Han, Jin, Tang, Yuan, Ming, and Qing
- Precolonial empires in Western Africa
- The Inca Empire
- The Abassid empire under khalif Hārūn al-Rashīd (763-809)
- The Ottoman Empire in 1683
Causes of Imperialism
- Geography
- Technology
- Economy
- Politics
- Culture
- Irrationality
- Combination
Theories
- Niall Ferguson: competition, science, property, medicine, consumption, and work
- David Abernethy: three sectors in the metropole (public, private, and religious) and their interactions
- John Darwin: the role of decentralization and cosmopolitanism in the Arab world
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Explore the concept of colonization, its relationship with colonialism, and examples of colonization without colonies and vice versa.
