1. Unit II: Modern Imperialism
-“The World Revolution of Westernization - “New Imperialism”
-Motives – Push and Pull Factors
-The “White Man’s Burden” scientific racism
Case Studies
-Imperialism and China
-Imperialism and India
-Imperialism and Africa/Middle East
-U.S. and Japan: “new” imperial powers
-Anti-colonial nationalism

2. Defining “imperialism”
Imperialism is “the extension of political rule by one people over other, different peoples, often by conquest.” Howard Spodek
“The New Imperialism” refers to the domination of European powers—and later the United States and Japan—over subject lands in the larger world in the last half of the 19th century.” TE

3. + The New Imperialism “The World Revolution of Westernization”
“a central force in the 20th century” RGH #18, p. 77
Ideology (which ones most important?) +
Industrialism (which technologies most important?)
The New Imperialism =

4. Question – See RGH, p. 104
“Who, for that matter, was morally entitled to reshape the world in their own image?”

5. Old Imperialism
“Trading post empires” c. 1700

6. New Imperialism - Asia by 1914….

7. The Atlantic World

8. Africa
by 1914
“Before the Scramble”-1878

9. Imperialism and the World 1914
Oceania by 1914

10. Percentage of world controlled by colonial empires c. 1914
Others:
Portuguese 1%
Dutch 1.4%
German 1.6%
Italian 1.8%
Belgian 1.6%

11. What made modern imperialism “modern” or “new”?
Motives – Push and Pull Factors
Tools – “economy empires” (RGH #27old)
Justifications – “White Man’s Burden”
(RGH# 20, p. 85)

12. Motives for modern imperialism “Push Factors”
Economic: The importance of securing raw materials for industrialization and markets
Political: Nationalism - Continuing competition among European powers
Strategic: Control of sea lanes
Rubber trees, Africa

13. “Pull Factors” Political Instability “Backward and offensive customs”
Economic restrictions
Collaboration with indigenous peoples
Adventure – “It’s a guy thing” (See RGH #20)

14. Tools of modern imperialism
Superior weaponry
Superior means of transportation and communication
Control of world’s oceans
“economy empires”
Suez Canal
“Black Ships”
in Japan

15. Justifications for modern imperialism
The “civilizing mission”
The “white man’s burden”
Scientific racism

16. Scientific racism / Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism was the application of Darwin’s ideas to human societies
Herbert Spencer: There are stronger and weaker races and the stronger dominate the weaker
The use of “science” to rationalize imperial domination

17. The “White Man’s Burden”
Rudyard Kipling
RGH #20
What words are used to describe the colonizers?
What words are used to describe the colonized?

18. The White Man’s Burden is through
“The first step towards lightening
The White Man’s Burden is through
Teaching the virtues of cleanliness.
“Pear’s Soap is a potent factor in
brightening the dark corners of the
earth as civilization advances while
amongst the cultured of all nations
it holds the highest place—it is the
ideal toilet soap.”

19. New Imperialism - Four Points
1. An “orgy” of overseas conquests (84% of the world occupied by colonial power) – See chart in RGH, p. 83.
2. Rise of nationalism
colonies as “status symbols”
new countries find “their place in the sun”-Germany, Italy, Japan, US
increased political competition and militarization
economic competition as imperialism spreads
“get it while you can and keep others out”

20. New Imperialism – Four Points
3. Remaking the World Order – World Revolution of Westernization
new global division of labor
subsistence to commercial agriculture
local people drawn into global network
self-sufficiency to interdependence
western economic dominance
north-south reversal

21. New Imperialism

22. New Imperialism – Four Points
4. Change of Attitudes –
admiration of other cultures to contempt
cultural superiority (see RGH #21)
racism “White Man’s Burden”

25. The United States: New Imperial Power?
When did U.S empire start?
Westward expansion and “manifest destiny”?
The Monroe Doctrine? [1823]
Expansion beyond the continent?
1867: Alaska
1875: Hawaii
1899: Philippines, Guam, PR, Cuba

26. The Monroe Doctrine 1823
A warning to European powers to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
Became the justification for interventions in Central and South America

27. The Americas in the Age of Independence: Key Points
Manifest Destiny: Territorial Expansion and Empire
Conflicts with Indigenous Peoples
Constitutional Issues in N.Am.-Civil War, states rights
Constitutional Issues in Latin Am: how to govern, the caudillos
Economic Development in N. America: industrialism, immigration
Economic colonialism and dependency in Latin America.

28. Westward expansion of the United States during the nineteenth century

29. Latin America in the nineteenth century

31. “Greater America”
“An American Lake”

32. The Spanish-American War 1898-99
U.S. supported anti-colonial efforts against Spain in PR and Cuba
1898 Maine exploded in Havana harbor
U.S. defeated Spain and took control of PR, Cuba, Philippines, Guam
Teddy Roosevelt during the
Spanish-American War