Colonialism and post colonialism Flashcards
Imperialism
a relationship of political, and/or economic, and/or cultural domination and subordination between geographical areas. This relationship may be based on explicit political rule, but need not be
Hyam (1993)
‘When you think aout it, there was no such thing as a greater Britain. There was only a ragbag of territorial bits and pieces, some remaindered remnants, some pre-empted luxury items, some cheap samples.’
Colonization
the physical settling of people from a colonial power within that power’s subordinated colonies
Imaginative geographies of empire
did not just represent the empire, they helped construct it.
what happened to Europe?
Europe grew rich, and European lifestyles were enhanced by the non-European economies supplied the raw materials and provided the markets that enabled Britain and other European countries to industrialize
Post colonialism sometimes refers to
Post colonial sometimes refers to that which is after or against colonialism - an ongoing colonial hangover, in which former colonies are plagued by relics and legacies of the defunct colonial order, as well as by some nee forms of colonialism
Even though colonial powers have lowered their flags over most former colonies
Even though colonial powers have lowered their flags over most former colonies, ending former colonial rule, decolonisation has not meant an end to ‘unequal economic, cultural and territorial relationships’.
Magdoff (2003)
Colonial governments had been replaced by international monetary bodies, multinational corporations and a verity of educational and cultural organisations, reconfiguring what one US critic called ‘imperialism without colonies’
