TWS lecture/seminar notes Flashcards
Britain’s Industrialization and Cotton Trade…
- Britain’s rise to global economic dominance during the Industrial Revolution fueled largely by cotton + Much of cotton grown by enslaved African laborers in southern U.S
What is an organisation?
a systematic arrangement to achieve specific purposes
Theories of organisation…
ownership, size, industry, objectives and stakeholders.
Who built empire in Uzbekistan?
Tamer ‘lame’ - empire pretty much controlled entire world
(When tamer ‘lame’ died, empire collapsed)
(Power vacuum followed, filled by muslim powers, e.g. ottoman, safavids, mughals etc)
Qing empire details…
-> (1644) - Qing Empire est.
- Before this, Ming empire collapsed
-> (1592) Invasion of Korea = China’s size doubled
Details on battle of panipat…
- 50k killed by swords/muskets
Chinese and Russians deal with Central Asia…
- Had a trade deal for 125 yrs
Details on Seven Years’ War…
(To control trade)
- (1756-1763) Between French and Indians -> Brits win
- Brits were the main global powers
Why discovery of America (Americas) so important? + Transatlantic slave trade
(1492) Founded by Columbus
- High amounts of silver found Iin Bolivia + Mexico
- Market in Asia for silver
- Entire fiscal system silver dependent
Transatlantic slave trade: - 19m people enslaved?
- Slavery existed as judicial punishment?! -> Sentencing with freedom at the end?!
- Some argue slavery saved some africans from conflict etc?!
- (By 1830) 118kg of raw cottom imported to U.S
(Silver importation caused peasent uprising and Ming empire’s collapse)
Cotton in Brits’ industrialisation…
- Brits’ empire est. routes that directed raw cotton from enslaved African labor to Brits’ factories.
Brits’s colonialism in India…
- The British Empire imposed restrictions on Indian textile production, compelling locals to purchase British-manufactured cotton products.
- HOWEVER, some argue that some Indian traders benefited from British trade practices and that Indian textile production existed alongside British imports.
Mughal Empire’s decline…
- This helped Brits’ expansion in India
- HOWEVER, some argue that Mughal Empire was still powerful during British expansion + Brits’ actions accelerated its decline rather than just exploiting existing weaknesses.
Robert Clive + EIC…
- Clive played big role in Brits’ success in India + (1757) Brits win at Plassey and tax Bengal and profit from resoruces
1769 famine…
- EIC policies led to deaths of 10m people
- However, some argue that local disasters and local governance contributed to famine
Brits and opium…
- To balance trade deficits, Brits sold opium from India to China
- Led to opium wars + Brits’ forced China to accept opium despite it being illegal
- Some argue China complicit in opium trade and benefitted economically.
- (1839-1842) 1st Opium war + (1856-1860) 2nd Opium war -> These wars heavily weakened Qing Dynasty and boosted Western influence in China.
US expansion and industrialisation…
- Cotton industry vital to U.S economy + economic growth
Scramble for Africa…
(Late c19th) European powers rapidly divided and colonised Africa
(1882) Brits’ def. Egypt which leads to more colonisation of Africa
- Some argue African agency/resistance essential to colonisation
Colonial repression…
- (1893-1911) avg. 1 conflict per 8 mnths to suppress local uprisings
- (1904) German governor of SW Africa ordered extermination of Herrero people
Famines in India…
- Approx 45m people killed in total
- (1770), (1876-1878) and (1943-1944).
Brits’ empire defenders…
- Supporters of the British Empire often argue that atrocities were isolated incidents (“rotten apples”), not systemic.
- Critics counter that violence and exploitation were integral to the maintenance and expansion of colonial rule (a “rotten barrel” argument).
Who built empire in Uzbekistan?
Tamer ‘lame’ - empire pretty much controlled entire world
(When tamer ‘lame’ died, empire collapsed)
(Power vacuum followed, filled by muslim powers, e.g. ottoman, safavids, mughals etc)
Qing empire details…
-> (1644) - Qing Empire est.
- Before this, Ming empire collapsed
-> (1592) Invasion of Korea = China’s size doubled
Details on battle of panipat…
- 50k killed by swords/muskets