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1.
Cont
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The19t hc ent urywasaper i
odmar kedbys i
gnifi
cantEur opeangl obal expansionand
thec ons olidationofi mper i
alpower s
.Thisera'sintel
lectual l
ands capewasheavi l
y
i
nfluenc edbyi deasofpr ogr ess,civil
izat
ion,andr acialhierarchies,whi chwer eof ten
usedt oj us ti
fyc olonialendeavor s.Wi thi
nt hi
sc ontext,histori
cal scholarshipfrequent l
y
adopt edaEur ocentricper spec t
ive,viewingEur opeannat ionsast hepi nnacl
eof
humandevel opmentandt hepr imar ydriversofhi st
or i
calchange. Thi
svi ewpoi ntledto
thec reationofhi s t
or i
calnar rati
vest hatinterpretedt hehistoriesofnon- European
societiespr imar i
lyinr elati
ont oEur opeani nfl
uenc e,oftenpor trayingt hem asei ther
developi ngt owar dsaEur opeanmodelorasi nherentlybac kwar dandi nneedof
Europeani ntervent i
on. Thisf r
amewor kes tabli
shedahi erarchywher eEur opean
cult
ur e,pol it
icals ystems ,andt echnol ogicaladvanc ement swer econs ideredsuper i
or,
therebys hapi nghowt hepas toft her es
toft hewor l
dwasunder stoodand
doc ument ed.
2.
Anal
yti
calPar
agr
aph
Theappl icati
onofaEur oc entri
cappr oac hto19t h-centuryhi storicalanal ysishad
severec ons equenc esf ort heac c urac yandi nc l
usivit
yofhis t
or i
c alrepres ent ationsof
non- Eur opeans oc ieties.Thisper spec tivefrequent l
yledt othemi scharac terizati
onof
theses oc i
et i
esass tatic,unc hangi ng,andl ackingi nagenc yors ophi s
ticated
gov ernanc es tr
uc tures .Forins t
anc e,c omplexi ndigenouspol i
ti
c alsystemsorl ong-
standingc ult
uralt raditi
onswer eof t
enover l
ookedordi smi s
s edaspr imitive,t hereby
creati
nganar rativet hatr eadilyac commodat edandj usti
fiedEur opeanc ol oniali
sm as
a" c
ivil
izingmi ssion"( Said,1979) 1. Thei nherentbi asmeantt hatt hedi vers e
exper i
enc es,innovat ions ,andc ont ributionsofnon- Europeanpeopl eswer e
systemat i
call
ydeval uedoromi ttedf rom historic
alac counts.Cons equent ly,t hese
narrativesbec ameex c l
us i
ve,s i
l
enc ingt hevoi cesandper spec t
ivesoft hos es ubjected
toEur opeandomi nanc eandper pet uat ingas kewedunder standi ngofgl obal hist
ory.
Thisper pet uati
onofbi asmeanst hathi stor
icalac countsbec amet oolst hatr ei
nforced
signment01Memo
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1.
Cont
ext
ualPar
agr
aph
The19t hc ent urywasaper i
odmar kedbys i
gnifi
cantEur opeangl obal expansionand
thec ons olidationofi mper i
alpower s
.Thisera'sintel
lectual l
ands capewasheavi l
y
i
nfluenc edbyi deasofpr ogr ess,civil
izat
ion,andr acialhierarchies,whi chwer eof ten
usedt oj us ti
fyc olonialendeavor s.Wi thi
nt hi
sc ontext,histori
cal scholarshipfrequent l
y
adopt edaEur ocentricper spec t
ive,viewingEur opeannat ionsast hepi nnacl
eof
humandevel opmentandt hepr imar ydriversofhi st
or i
calchange. Thi
svi ewpoi ntledto
thec reationofhi s t
or i
calnar rati
vest hatinterpretedt hehistoriesofnon- European
societiespr imar i
lyinr elati
ont oEur opeani nfl
uenc e,oftenpor trayingt hem asei ther
developi ngt owar dsaEur opeanmodelorasi nherentlybac kwar dandi nneedof
Europeani ntervent i
on. Thisf r
amewor kes tabli
shedahi erarchywher eEur opean
cult
ur e,pol it
icals ystems ,andt echnol ogicaladvanc ement swer econs ideredsuper i
or,
therebys hapi nghowt hepas toft her es
toft hewor l
dwasunder stoodand
doc ument ed.
2.
Anal
yti
calPar
agr
aph
Theappl icati
onofaEur oc entri
cappr oac hto19t h-centuryhi storicalanal ysishad
severec ons equenc esf ort heac c urac yandi nc l
usivit
yofhis t
or i
c alrepres ent ationsof
non- Eur opeans oc ieties.Thisper spec tivefrequent l
yledt othemi scharac terizati
onof
theses oc i
et i
esass tatic,unc hangi ng,andl ackingi nagenc yors ophi s
ticated
gov ernanc es tr
uc tures .Forins t
anc e,c omplexi ndigenouspol i
ti
c alsystemsorl ong-
standingc ult
uralt raditi
onswer eof t
enover l
ookedordi smi s
s edaspr imitive,t hereby
creati
nganar rativet hatr eadilyac commodat edandj usti
fiedEur opeanc ol oniali
sm as
a" c
ivil
izingmi ssion"( Said,1979) 1. Thei nherentbi asmeantt hatt hedi vers e
exper i
enc es,innovat ions ,andc ont ributionsofnon- Europeanpeopl eswer e
systemat i
call
ydeval uedoromi ttedf rom historic
alac counts.Cons equent ly,t hese
narrativesbec ameex c l
us i
ve,s i
l
enc ingt hevoi cesandper spec t
ivesoft hos es ubjected
toEur opeandomi nanc eandper pet uat ingas kewedunder standi ngofgl obal hist
ory.
Thisper pet uati
onofbi asmeanst hathi stor
icalac countsbec amet oolst hatr ei
nforced
