Title: Imperialism and colonial expansion in the 19th century - Open History
Headings: Imperialism and colonial expansion in the 19th century
Imperialism and colonial expansion in the 19th century
Contents
Imperialism and colonialism: continuity or change?
The causes of imperialism
Economic, political and cultural causes
Other factors of imperialism
Technological advances
Economic Situation
The colonial expansion in Africa
Africa before imperialism
The partition of Africa
First stage of colonization of Africa
Second stage: Inland Africa
Asia between imperialism and modernization
The Indian subcontinent
The Indochina Peninsula and the French presence in Southeast Asia
China
Terribly traditional structures
Chinese revolutions and wars
Japan
Tokugawa shogunate (1600 – 1868)
Meiji Revolution (1868 – 1912)
Japan’s Foreign Expansion
Imperialism and colonialism: continuity or change?
The causes of imperialism
Economic, political and cultural causes
Other factors of imperialism
Technological advances
Economic Situation
The colonial expansion in Africa
Africa before imperialism
The partition of Africa
First stage of colonization of Africa
Second stage: Inland Africa
Asia between imperialism and modernization
The Indian subcontinent
The Indochina Peninsula and the French presence in Southeast Asia
China
Terribly traditional structures
Chinese revolutions and wars
Taiping Movement (1851 – 1864)
Opium Wars: 1839-1842 and 1856-1860
1911 revolution
Japan
Tokugawa shogunate (1600 – 1868)
Meiji Revolution (1868 – 1912)
First stage: 1868 – 1881
Second stage: 1881 – 1912
Political aspects:
Economic growth:
Japan’s Foreign Expansion
In 1905 Japan was aware that it was already a great power. Fascism was on the rise in Japan.
All articles of the course: Late modern History in Europe (19th and 20th Centuries)
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Content: Africa caused great admiration among European explorers. European colonial expansion and action in Africa meant the export of European economic and political structures, as well as the elimination of local social structures, resulting in their practical disappearance. The indigenous was always considered as a kind of child that had to be humanized. Europeans saw themselves as superior beings. The partition of Africa
The African continent was chopped up and divided among Europeans during the second half of the 19th century. Rivalries between Europeans and Africans made the rapid occupation of the continent possible. It was done in stages: First stage of colonization of Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa : Maghreb, Algeria and Egypt. West coastal area.