How did the so-called new imperialism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries differ from earlier imperial traditions? Compare and contrast the sorts of adjectives Kipling uses to describe native peoples as opposed to Europeans; How does his very language usage convey his sense of white superiority?
How was it possible for Europeans to gain such domination?
What resulted once European and American traders, missionaries, and settlers arrived on the shores of islands as far afield as Australia and Hawaii? How did the indigenous people respond to these intruders?
What did this “standard treaty” promise to Nigerian leaders, and what was expected in return? Given language barriers and imperial greed, do you believe Nigerians received true and faithful explanations of the treaty’s meaning?
Why would imperial powers have thought it so important to claim these islands in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
What factors encourage and facilitate migration on this extraordinary scale?
Can somebody answer all 7 of these questions for me? Use Chapter 32 Building a Global Empire