World system and colonialism Sources of political change that are result of conflict with different society Major source of change in human
... [Show More] societies has been conflict with culturally different society Colonialism and capitalism -> major sources of change Franchise Colonialism – the political and social domination of culturally unrelated group in different territory; geographically distant territories. First Phase: driven by commercial capital desires to set a outpost for market Start at second half of the 15th century-> because of new technological development. New navigation technology-> allows for development of new commercial method. European expansion if world system – when there are many localities in different places around the globe brought together into a single world market. World market - when prices for commodities at one part of the world affect prices for commodities of other part of the world; holistic perspective. Native people were decimated, enslaved, infected by diseases, killed by competition, etc. Second Phrase (industrial revolution phase): driven by industrial production, extraction of natural resources. Cheap labor and natural resources that are rare in the motherland. Use of political control of distant geographical society to reinforce economic resources. Most of the colonial and imperialist expansion during industrial revolution phase. The height or climax was mid-19th century. Birth of new relationship – colonizer (European) and colonized (third world; non-European people). Economic production system - Colonized people extracted resources cannot extract in European societies (sugar, gold, salt, silver, bananas, furs)-> sent to European countries where raw materials become production that sell in the societies. Justification of colonialism is always racism; also from paternalism to need to teach and model different life for savage colonized. If colonized become conformed into colonizer’s life, then there is no reason to actually colonize them -> so they will teach the model but never can be the same; racism to keep the balance. [Show Less]