Category: #9 Imperial Displacements
Exploitation and Equality
“World War I is sometimes seen as a blow against empire, the advent of a world of self-determining nation-states.” As the quote of above suggests, the end of World War II brought a self- consciousness and a sense of entitlement from the colonies held by imperial powers involved in the war. This awakening came …
Post-Empire Morality
Since the Gunpowder Revolution, Europeans had surpassed the constraints of the feudal system. The ever rising cost of war and managing the state became the impetus for the Age of Exploration which saw the rapid global domination of European powers and the start of a hegemony which began to unravel at the climax of these …
Reconstruction of Africa
I found the articles both interesting and informative. The one that stuck out to me the most was Reconstructing Empire in British and French Africa by Frederick Cooper. The photo below shows African colonialism in 1945, right after World War II. Africa proved to be a challenge for the British and French government to have an imperialist influence …
Legitimizing Colonies– Again
World War I was known as the the war against empire. However, this was far from the truth—many colonies were shuffled around, and the French and British relied heavily on their colonies in the second world war. They not only … Continue reading →
Imperial Displacement
Christopher Jackson Imperial Displacement The topic of imperial displacement basically speaks for its self. An imperial foreign power moves into an alien region and causes interference. This has happened a dozen times in dozens of nations due to over ambitions national superpowers. In the article written by Elizabeth Schmidt, this issue is covered by the …
Imperial Displacement
Most discussions of post-WWII are about its effects on Europe but we never really touch on what happened to Africa postwar. I know that battles were fought in Africa in Libya and Egypt but I had never thought about what the lingering effects were on the region. Not just Libya and Egypt were affected but […]
Apocalypse 1962 (Not Now)
Today we all look back at WWII as a huge lesson in life. Hitler was an evil dictator whop took away some of the most basic human rights from innocent people. It’s common place in our culture. We have all… Continue Reading →
Cleaning up the Colonies
During WWII, Japan took over vital European colonies in Asia such as Dutch Indonesia, French Indochina, British Malaya, and Burma so that they could have resources if they were cut off by other majors powers at the time. When the allies won the war and Japan surrendered, its newly claimed territories could not be won back […]
Imperial Displacement- The Modernization of French Culture in Post World War Two
The dishwasher and washing machine were objects of status and modernization in France in the post World War Two era. They represented the modernization of France in the time after the Nazi Occupation and represented status, wealth and security for the individual citizens of France. The mid 1950’s to the mid 1960’s was the era … Continue reading “Imperial Displacement- The Modernization of French Culture in Post World War Two”
First Class People, Second Class Citizens
It is easy, or perhaps far more comforting, to look back at the histories of the First and Second World Wars and see that good triumphed over evil, that the righteous were able to overcome and smite the wicked, but the reality is rarely so black and white. Obviously, the Second World War was one…
