Edward : merchant / made money from the slave trade => his company transported over 86,000 slaves from West Africa to the Caribbeans (19,000 died)
- he donated a part of his money to charity
Problematic of heritage and statue / relationship with the past
A retenir :
British empire (the largest empire) : 2% of the world population in 1914 & 1/4 of the world
- the commonwealth : 54 member were colonies / political loose organisation
A retenir :
The Expansion of England (1883) by John Robert Seeley (professor of Modern history at Cambridge)
- the "anglo-saxon" race
= enthusiastic vision of the Empire and immigration
Définition
British Empire
not the British world
A positive entreprise, history written along the lines of theology, belief that everything has a special use or purpose
A civilizing mission
British improved the lives of the people / they brought civilization to "inferior" people
Postcolonial studies :
- Orientalism : reductionist view of eastern societies (constructing oriental values - orientalism implies the idea that the West was more rational and superior)
- Analysis of gender, sex, race : criticism of the European-type modernization
- New imperial studies : revision of the traditional liberal historical perception of the British Empire
A retenir :
British empire : a political issue in regards to foreign policy
- the legacy of the empire : former colonies (controversal topic of the treatment of indigenous people)
- barabrian ground
Définition
Empire
political meaning
sovereignty over a group of people (largest empire in the modern era : 63 country ruled by Britain)
- economic domination
- "informal empire" : territories not occupied by Britain but under its economic influence and political influence (dependency for economy like Argentina)
A retenir :
History is often divided into 4 main periods
- The First British empire (1600-1783) ends with the American War of Independence ad teh creation of teh US as a separate country
- The making of the second empire (1783-1870)
- The heyday of British imperialism (1870-1940)
- From the Empire tho the Commonwealth (1940-today)
Définitions
British Empire
not the British world
A positive entreprise, history written along the lines of theology, belief that everything has a special use or purpose
A civilizing mission
British improved the lives of the people / they brought civilization to "inferior" people
Empire
political meaning
sovereignty over a group of people (largest empire in the modern era : 63 country ruled by Britain)
- economic domination
- "informal empire" : territories not occupied by Britain but under its economic influence and political influence (dependency for economy like Argentina)
