HIST 410N Week 1 Case Study Assignment – Option 1: Imperialism and Genocide (Britain & India)
Option 1: Imperialism The exploitation of colonial resources and indigenous labor was one of the key elements in the success of imperialism. Such exploitation was a result of the prevalent ethnocentrism of the time and was justified by the unscientific concept of social Darwinism, which praised the characteristics of white Europeans and inaccurately ascribed negative characteristics to indigenous peoples. A famous poem of the time by Rudyard Kipling, “White Man’s Burden,” called on imperial powers, and particularly the U.S., at whom the poem was directed, to take up the mission of civilizing these “savage” peoples.
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WRITIN 101
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hist 410n week 1 case study assignment – option 1 imperialism and genocide britain amp india
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option 1 imperialism the exploitation of colonial resources and indigenous labor was one of the key e