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THE WORLD’S HISTORY
Fourth Edition
Chapter
18
Nationalism,
Imperialism,
and Resistance
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Howard Spodek
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Nationalism, Imperialism and
Resistance
• French Revolution, Napoleon &
Nationalism
– French government based on contract with
the nation--a political group--not with a ruler
– French armies took their nationalism and
Code Napoleon on their European conquests
– European nationalism a response to French
dominance and French power
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Nationalism
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Nationalism
• The Periphery of Western Europe
– Nationalism strongest on edges of Europe
– Two faces of nationalism
Positive: Empowers masses of nation
Negative: Leads to conflicts such as World War I
– Nationalism in Latin America was “top down”
– Canadian nationalism prevails over
regionalism
– U. S. nationalism tied to constitutional oath
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Nationalism
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Nationalism
• Italy and Germany
– Neither unified before 1870
– Composed of culturally similar but politically
separate small states before 1870
– Regional leaders in both countries sought
unification to obtain national power
– Italy had common language and borders,
Germany not as well situated
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Nationalism
• Italy and Germany [cont.]
– Giuseppe Mazzini provide vision for Italy
Formed Young Italy in 1831
Camillo Cavour provided political power and
alliances from Peidmont
Garibaldi added Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Victor Emmanuel II leads unified Italy
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Nationalism
• Italy and Germany [cont.]
– Otto von Bismarck of Prussia unified Germany
– Strong cultural and economic basis for
country
Unifying folklore from work of Grimm brothers
Economic ties from 1828 zollverein (customs
union)
– Unification achieved by wars (“Blood & Iron”)
Defeated Austria (1866) and France (1871)
Southern German states voted to join
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Nationalism
• Nationalism led to wars of unification and
willingness to control affairs of others to
benefit the “nation”
– British taxes on India took money out of
Indian economy for British home treasury
– British tariffs harsh on Indian textiles during
early industrialization
• Trade rivals for Britain by early 1800s
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Nationalism
• The Rise of Zionism
– The movement to create a Jewish state
– Success of European nationalism transform
prayer for Israel into a movement for it
– Nationalism prompts persecution of outsiders
Dreyfus Affair leads to Jewish fears in Europe
– Theodore Herzl the founder and visionary
– Not all Jews supported the hope of Israel
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The Quest for Empire
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The Quest for Empire
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The Quest for Empire
• Fierce economic competition from US,
Germany and France
• Trade and the related desire to control
territory led to creation of empires
– By 1914: 85% of earth’s surface controlled by
Europe or nations of European ancestry
– Economics of nominally independent
countries under European control
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The Quest for Empire
• Western European power based on “dual
revolutions” of political & industrial change
• Success led to belief in superiority over
those parts of the world that had not
achieved gains of the “dual revolutions”
• Attitude often carried racial overtones to
reinforce belief of superiority
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The Quest for Empire
• The Ottoman Empire, 1829-76
– Was close to Europe and growing weaker as
demonstrated by Crimean War (1854-6)
– Social organization on the “millet system”
People organized by religious group under
religious leader to enforce religious laws and
collect taxes in contrast to European practice of
unified people
After Crimean defeat, the Ottomans pass
Humayun edict of 1856 with “equality under the
law”
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The Quest for Empire
• India, 1858-1914
– British defeat French for control of India, 1763
– British East India Company administers the
colony
Increased tax collection & manipulated tariffs
Indian economy structured for British benefit
– 1857 mutiny ends East India Company control
– Independence movement had to find balance
of positive and negative aspects of British rule
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The Quest for Empire
• Southeast Asia & Indonesia, 1795-1880
– Earlier colonial competition continues
Britain claims Malaya & Burma
France conquers Indochina by 1893
Dutch take Indonesia and institute Kulturstelsel, an
exploitive agricultural system that made peasants
devote 1/5 of land to cash rather than personal
food crops
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The Quest for Empire
• China, 1800-1914
– Manchus colonized extensively & felt
invulnerable in face of the West
– Internal problems from 1800
Population growth but no government response
Did possess production for export
Opium supplied by West to pay for goods
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The Quest for Empire
• China, 1800-1914 [cont.]
– The Opium Wars
1839-42 war gains extraterritoriality for Britain
Refusal to grant diplomatic recognition leads to
second war, 1856-60
Taiping Rebellion (began 1850) one measure of
Chinese disorganization
Weakness confirmed when Japan defeats China in
1894-5 war over Korea
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The Quest for Empire
• China, 1800-1914 [cont.]
– The Boxer Rebellion, 1898-1900
Boxers were nationalists seeking to drive
Europeans out of China
Western victory results in more concessions from
China to the West
Promoters of modernization in China opposed by
Empress Cixi who served as regent to emperor
• Sun Yat-sen leads nationalist revolt to end Manchu
dynasty in 1911
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Africa, 1652-1912
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Africa, 1652-1912
• Egypt, 1798-1882
– Muhammad Ali (1769-1849) controls Egypt
after French leave and Ottomans are
ineffective
– Expands Egyptian power to Sudan and Arabia
Ali a moderate on religion but faces Wahabism
Son Ismail agrees with French to build Suez Canal
– Modernization policy had mixed results
– Egyptian power underscores Ottoman
weakness
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Africa, 1652-1912
• Islamic Religious Revival
– Revival in Sahel region (edge of Sahara)
– West African revivals
Uthman dan Fodio in Hausaland
al-Hajj Umar in Massina
Samori Toure on Niger River
– East Africa
Muhammad Ahmed, a mahdi in Sudan
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Africa, 1652-1912
• Islamic Religious Revival [cont.]]
– Western Orientation in West Africa
Sierra Leone a haven for freed slaves
Liberia created by American Colonization Society
New European export communities
• Cotton production on Niger River
• Europeans stay along coast while Africans maintain
inland contacts and production
• River transport with short stretches of railroad
Europeans seek greater control from the 1880s
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Africa, 1652-1912
• Algeria, 1830-71
– Part of weakening Ottoman empire
– French attack Algeria as center of piracy in
1830 and then claim control of country
Meet extensive resistance from Muslim
Brotherhood
– Numerous Europeans migrate to Algeria and
take best farmland
– European minority (13%) controls majority
Muslim population by 20th century
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Africa, 1652-1912
• Europeans & the Scramble for Africa
– Knowledge of Africa provided by exploration
Needed for commerce, missions, & science
Most famous is the Stanley-Livingston episode
– Berlin Conference of 1884 prevents open
competition among European powers
– African resistance to European claims met
with force
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Africa, 1652-1912
• Europeans & the Scramble for Africa [cont]
– Labor Issues: Coercion and Unionization
1913 Native Lands Act excludes Africans from
87% of South African land
Need for miners in South African gold and
diamond mines leads to low pay and the break up
of families that can’t afford to move to the mines
Trade union membership restricted to white
workers
Race trumped free market capitalism and labor
solidarity
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Africa, 1652-1912
• South Africa, 1652-1910
– Dutch settlement in 1652
– British gain control from Napoleonic Wars
Abolish slavery, 1834, but claim best land
Restrict vote but pass Masters and Servants Act
– Dutch Boer Trek to avoid British customs
– Zulu War to resist British control
– South African importance less after Suez
opens
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Gender Relationships in
Colonization
• Sexual liaisons with local colonial women
ended with arrival of European women
– Create boundaries between Europeans &
locals
– European families claim role as models of
highest values of imperial country
– No female solidarity between local &
Europeans
– Some adoption of European models in colony
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Anti-Colonial Revolts, 1857-1914
• Benefits of empire (jobs, e.g.)
accompanied by resentment at
discrimination
• Colonials initially sought restoration of
idealized, independent past
• Later movements sought freedom within
setting of modern institutions
– Young Turks
– African National Congress (South Africa)
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Japan: From Isolation to
Equality, 1867-1914
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Japan: From Isolation to Equality,
1867-1914
• The End of the Shogunate
– Japanese isolation ends with Commodore
Perry
– Regional leaders decide to remove Shogun-administered Japan in name of the emperor
and stood in way of modernization
– Meiji Restoration began as regional revolt &
ended with confiscation of Shogun’s land and
restoration of direct rule by the emperor
assisted by daimyo
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Japan: From Isolation to Equality,
1867-1914
• Policies of the Meiji Government
– Seek knowledge of world with two year tour
– Import advisors in industry & agricultural
– 130 foreigners in government by 1879
– Restructure Government
Daimyo give lands to emperor & become
governors
War with those who won’t
Create western style army using German model
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Japan: From Isolation to Equality,
1867-1914
• Policies of the Meiji Government [cont.]
– Restructuring the Economy
Revitalized agriculture yields landlord profits for
investment in commerce and industry
Government finances early industrial ventures
– Urbanization
Existing cities were regional capitals
New cities combined old businesses and
entertainments with new westernized sectors
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Japan: From Isolation to Equality,
1867-1914
• Policies of the Meiji Government [cont.]
– Cultural and Educational Change
Westernization in fashion, calendar &
measurement
Extensive study of western writings including Mill
and Spencer
Centralized, compulsory education
• Ninety per cent of boys and girls attend school by 1905
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Japan: From Isolation to Equality,
1867-1914
• Policies of the Meiji Government [cont.]
– Gender Relations
Restoration of emperor reinforced male control of
household
Women & minors barred from political activities
Women gain vote after World War II
Women have few legal rights after 1898 Civil Code
Goal of women’s education was to create “good
wives and wise mothers”
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Japan: From Isolation to Equality,
1867-1914
• Policies of the Meiji Governemnt [cont.]
– War, Colonialism & Equality in the Family of
Nations
Seek control of tariffs--done by 1911
Expansion into Korea & Manchuria makes Japan
dominant East Asian power
Equality with Europe in 1902 alliance with Britain
Defeat of Russia in 1905 underscores possession
of “great power” military
Annex Korea, 1910
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Nationalism and Imperialism
• Nationalism instilled pride and hope but
also competition for resources & prestige
• Dual revolutions tie nations and peoples
more closely together
• Imperialism claim to benefit those
colonized but meet resentment
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