The global division of labor
Core and periphery
How the system worked
Regional economic transformations
India: Deindustrialization
China: The Opium Trade and unequal treaties
Latin America: Economic dependence
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Africa: Cash crop economies
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Southeast Asia: Plantation economies
Global trade networks
New trade routes and infrastructure
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The gold standard
Primary sources
Commissioner Lin Zexu, Letter to Queen Victoria (1839)
Dadabhai Naoroji, Poverty and Un-British Rule in India (1901)
Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America (1971)
Key figures
Key events summary
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Vocabulary
Unit 6 topics
Unit 6 overview6.1Rationales for Imperialism from 1750 to 19006.2State Expansion from 1750 to 19006.3Indigenous Responses to State Expansion from 1750 to 19006.4Global Economic Development from 1750 to 19006.5Imperialism and Economic Development6.6Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World6.7Effects of Migration6.8Causation in the Imperial Age6.9Comparison in the Imperial Age