130 Years Ago: Carving Up Africa in Berlin
Colonialism (Colonization)
Having covered those misconceptions, I would like to speak about the undeniable influence of colonialism. Africa has been colonialized by many countries, most notably: Germany, Portugal, Spain, France, and England.
Colonialism results in, among other things, cultural and behavioral transfer. The slave t
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This nearly global shift has had enormous demographic, economic, and strategic implications. European importance has diminished (in 1900 the continent had about 18 percent of the world’s population; in 2020 it has only 9.5 percent) and Asia has ascended (60 percent of the world total in 2020), but regional high fertilities guarantee that nearly 75 ... See more
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The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions
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China’s nineteenth-century story actually begins in 1793, when the Chinese emperor rebuffed a British mission that sought to open British-Chinese trade. The Qing emperor could see no advantage in the request and sent the mission home without result. Another such mission failed in 1816. When Britain next returned, it did so with a vengeance, launchi
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Les universalistes se concentrent sur l’agriculture et l’Eurafrique pour mener au sein du GATT l’attaque contre l’intégration européenne. Loin d’être anodins, les affrontements sur les bananes, le café et le cacao marquent le début de décennies de lutte des néolibéraux de l’école de Genève contre ce qu’ils percevaient comme la persistance de l’empi
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