on ch 20, colonial encounters:
"For many millions of africans and asians, colonial rule—by the British, French, Germans, Italians, Belgians, Portuguese, Russians, or Americans—was the major new element in their historical experience during the nineteenth century. Between roughly 1750 and 1950,much of the Afro-Asian-Pacific world was enveloped within this new wave of European empire building.The encounter with European power in these colonized societies was more immediate, and often more intense, than in those regions that were buffered by their own independent governments, such as Latin America, China, Persia, and the Ottoman Empire. Of course, no single colonial experience characterized these two centuries across this vast region. Much depended on the cultures and prior history of various colonized people. Policies of the colonial powers sometimes differed sharply and changed over time. Men and women experienced the colonial era differently, as did traditional elites,Western-educated classes, urban artisans, peasant farmers, and migrant laborers. Furthermore, the varied actions and reactions of such people, despite their oppression and exploitation, shaped the colonial experience, perhaps as much as the policies, practices, and intentions of their temporary European rulers. All of them—colonizers and colonized alike— were caught up in the flood of change that accompanied the Industrial Revolution and a new burst of European imperialism." p.924
that pretty much sums it up :)
it is important to note that 19th century colonialism is its own animal and differs from other Emperial-colonial eras. Not only were Europeans foreign rulers, but they also bore the seeds of a very different way of life, which grew out of their own modern transformation.
on ch 21 & communism:
boy oh boy i spent semesters studying 19th-20th century communism and socialist history, one thing i missed however, was a sharp focus on China, especially from 1949-present day
i had no idea the China communist party was founded in 1921.
"For many millions of africans and asians, colonial rule—by the British, French, Germans, Italians, Belgians, Portuguese, Russians, or Americans—was the major new element in their historical experience during the nineteenth century. Between roughly 1750 and 1950,much of the Afro-Asian-Pacific world was enveloped within this new wave of European empire building.The encounter with European power in these colonized societies was more immediate, and often more intense, than in those regions that were buffered by their own independent governments, such as Latin America, China, Persia, and the Ottoman Empire. Of course, no single colonial experience characterized these two centuries across this vast region. Much depended on the cultures and prior history of various colonized people. Policies of the colonial powers sometimes differed sharply and changed over time. Men and women experienced the colonial era differently, as did traditional elites,Western-educated classes, urban artisans, peasant farmers, and migrant laborers. Furthermore, the varied actions and reactions of such people, despite their oppression and exploitation, shaped the colonial experience, perhaps as much as the policies, practices, and intentions of their temporary European rulers. All of them—colonizers and colonized alike— were caught up in the flood of change that accompanied the Industrial Revolution and a new burst of European imperialism." p.924
that pretty much sums it up :)
it is important to note that 19th century colonialism is its own animal and differs from other Emperial-colonial eras. Not only were Europeans foreign rulers, but they also bore the seeds of a very different way of life, which grew out of their own modern transformation.
on ch 21 & communism:
boy oh boy i spent semesters studying 19th-20th century communism and socialist history, one thing i missed however, was a sharp focus on China, especially from 1949-present day
i had no idea the China communist party was founded in 1921.
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