Lecture 20: Europeans All Around:  Globalization and Imperialism in the 19th Century

History 5 - Spring 2008: The Making of Modern Europe, 1453 to the Present

Intro: Europe's population increase 1830-1930 was double the rate of increase of the entire rest of the world, leading to the most enduring European "imperialism" – the overseas migration  of more than 50 million people, producing "Neo-Europes" around the globe. Four examples of the other kind of European imperialism: in China (the imperialism of Free Trade and the Opium War); the Sultanate of Zanzibar (the imperialism of Humanitarianism and the anti-slavery campaign); Egypt (the imperialism of Investments, Strategic Interests and the Suez Canal); Congo (the Imperialism of Resource Extraction). Disillusion with Empire: South Africa, the Boer War, and the Chinese Labor scandals; South West Africa, the Herero Revolt and the 20th century's first genocide. The consequences of European domination of the globe – and its causes.