Compare And Contrast Informal And Informal Imperialism

Writing 2

1.Imperialism is a process of having power over other significant territories. Having this power can be combined into different types of control such as; direct rule, indirect rule and informal imperialism. Direct rule is a method of management of an authority within a type of government. Next, indirect rule allows local leaders to make important decisions regarding the government. Finally, Informal Imperialism allows the weaker states to uphold the stronger states by controlling their self-government.

2.After the loss of territory in the Americas, attention shifted to developing nations and territories that were more vulnerable to the European nations. There was a mix of economic pressures and strategic/nationalist

motives behind the "scramble for Africa." The European nations felt that they could gain profit from exploration of these territories and show dominance to their enemies at the same time.

3.The Europeans justified their imperial objectives by using their investment of railroads, harbors, roads, and social reforms to bring secular civilization to the entire world. European conquerors had claimed that a missionary devotion was justified in order to convert individuals to Christianity.

4."The White Man's Burden" was written by Rudyard Kipling in 1899, better known as the 19th century.

Kipling wrote this in order to show the European imperialism and the obligation of the civilization. In other words, "The White Man's Burden" is showing that white men have an obligation to rule/encourage the civilizations development as a whole and to be in demand.

1.If the citizens of the occupied territory fulfill their obligated duty to the white man, "their captor," they will be given security and structure within their society by the dominant governing body. They will be fed, clothed, and cared for if they are sick. The people will be given form versus what they had previous to being occupied: chaos. However, the white man ultimately benefits by ruling over these vulnerable territories.

2.The "burden" was being under the white man's rule and what came with that predicament. There were benefits but there were also many consequences. These include the sacrifice of life in the name of the imperial nation, toil and endless labor, and unimaginable oppression. "Take up the White Man's burden – send forth the best ye breed – Go, bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need." (756) Those living under the yolk of imperialism bore this burden; "The White Man's

burden."

3.This discussion is "almost sickening" in the mind of Webb because when this is talked about, we are automatically assuming that the "aborigines" are suffering and bearing burdens for the good of others. It is almost never mentioned that the "oppressed" had at least some sort of glory and material economic gain. "They are never assumed or held where they are not found to be of material advantage or ministering to honor or glory." (756)

4.As Webb mentions the "opium trade" and "salt tax" he is speaking of the Indian service. The opium trade was known to become the Opium Wars due to "the dispute over the drug trade highlighted larger issues of sovereignty and economic status." (738) After this was all said and done European gained the control of the China trade. The salt tax began when the British East India Company started to take over territories in India. "There never was a more grinding and debilitating tax than that on salt..." (757)

Part Two

1.This primary source was presented during the actual event that is being depicted. It is showing a direct inside look at the tower and of France during this time.

2.The purposeful placement of the colonial exhibits next to the Eiffel Tower is a physical representation of how colonial history may inform the modernization in France. It serves as a foundation in how the French appear to things in the "modern era" that the Eiffel Tower is representing.