Part Two: Understanding Colonialism
- September 2020
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October 2020
- Oct 2, 2020 #9 Understanding Colonialism: The New Globalisation: The Age of Monopoly Global Companies
- Oct 9, 2020 #10 Understanding Colonialism: The Early Monopoly Companies and Colonisation
- Oct 16, 2020 #11 Understanding Colonialism: Competitive Colonialism & Defending Colonies
- Oct 23, 2020 #12 Understanding Colonialism: Invasion, Settlement, Slaves and Colonisation
- Oct 30, 2020 #13 Understanding Colonialism: Slaves and Settler Societies
- November 2020
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December 2020
- Dec 4, 2020 #18 Understanding Colonialism: Death and Impoverishment Part III
- Dec 11, 2020 #19 Understanding Colonialism: Indian Colonialism: A Special Case from 1600 to 1914
- Dec 18, 2020 #20 Understanding Colonialism: Russian Colonisation: Another Special Case
- Dec 23, 2020 #21 Understanding Colonialism: The Invasion of China
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January 2021
- Jan 1, 2021 #22 Understanding Colonialism: Africa (Part I)
- Jan 8, 2021 #22 Understanding Colonialism: Africa (Part II)
- Jan 15, 2021 #23 Understanding Colonialism: Settler and non-Settler Colonies
#13 Understanding Colonialism: Slaves and Settler Societies
Colonisation and slavery were the cornerstones of the Industrial Revolution. European industrialisation and Atlantic-American slavery as two structural global transformations must be understood as an integral whole. Industrialisation in the 19th century was enough to bring Europe out of a backwater in terms of global wealth and power. The processes of industrialisation have been written about in detail by scholars, and students of economic history will be deeply aware of industrialisation.
#10 Understanding Colonialism: The Early Monopoly Companies and Colonisation
After having outlined in the previous blog the origins of the early monopoly companies, it is now worth pausing to understand how these monopoly companies operated. Divest yourself of any conception you might possess of a trading company today. From their origins, these companies operated like ships of war. They were designed to combat all aggression from any direction: aggression from the people they might meet on landing, from other ships that might wish to steal their cargoes, and from other European monopoly companies that wished to steal their trade.