Colonialism and post colonialism Flashcards

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Imperialism

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a relationship of political, and/or economic, and/or cultural domination and subordination between geographical areas. This relationship may be based on explicit political rule, but need not be

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Hyam (1993)

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‘When you think aout it, there was no such thing as a greater Britain. There was only a ragbag of territorial bits and pieces, some remaindered remnants, some pre-empted luxury items, some cheap samples.’

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Colonization

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the physical settling of people from a colonial power within that power’s subordinated colonies

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Imaginative geographies of empire

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did not just represent the empire, they helped construct it.

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what happened to Europe?

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Europe grew rich, and European lifestyles were enhanced by the non-European economies supplied the raw materials and provided the markets that enabled Britain and other European countries to industrialize

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Post colonialism sometimes refers to

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Post colonial sometimes refers to that which is after or against colonialism - an ongoing colonial hangover, in which former colonies are plagued by relics and legacies of the defunct colonial order, as well as by some nee forms of colonialism

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Even though colonial powers have lowered their flags over most former colonies

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Even though colonial powers have lowered their flags over most former colonies, ending former colonial rule, decolonisation has not meant an end to ‘unequal economic, cultural and territorial relationships’.

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Magdoff (2003)

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Colonial governments had been replaced by international monetary bodies, multinational corporations and a verity of educational and cultural organisations, reconfiguring what one US critic called ‘imperialism without colonies’

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