British Imperialism
Publié le 17/04/2012
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Imperialism, as defined by Dictionary of Human Geography , is "the creation and/or maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination." Imperialism, as described, is primarily a Western undertaking that employs "expansionist, mercantilist policies".
The term as such primarily has been applied to Western political and economic dominance in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some writers, such as Edward Said, use the term more broadly to describe any system of domination and subordination organized with an imperial centre and a dominated periphery.
We will try to show how imperialism has been used as a pretext by the British Empire to annex many territories?
In the first part, we will cover the colonization of America by the British Empire. And in the second part, we will focus on their conquest of Asia and the Pacific.
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