How imperialism structured colonial economies
Export-oriented economies
Colonial infrastructure
Destruction of local industry
The imperial economy: Who benefited?
Metropolitan benefits
Colonial costs
The debate: Did imperialism promote development?
The case that imperialism promoted development
The case that imperialism hindered development
Comparative development
Free trade imperialism
Primary sources
Dadabhai Naoroji, speech on the drain of Indian wealth (1880)
British Governor of Hong Kong, report on opium trade (1845)
Mike Davis, Late Victorian Holocausts (2001)
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