How, according Headrick, does technology play an extremely important role in the imperial expansion from the West? Discuss and link together the main forces and factors that account for European hegemony domination over the rest of the world. How did the development of medical science lend greater opportunities for European and American expansion? This format uses bibliographic notes rather than text citations.
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The 19th century was only a golden interlude for imperial technology, and by the s brown people throughout the world were learning to counter firepower and fast transportation with concealment and guerrilla tactics. The United States has lost every war it has participated in since, with one exception. Even before Adowa, Headrick says, the cost advantage of technology was narrowing rapidly.
Britain was able to take over India on the cheap, but just a short time later the French had to pay a high price to do the same in Algeria. Firearms are not the only, or even the primary, example of decisive imperial technology. In fact, Headrick identifies 19th century imperialism as an early example of an information society, and claims that information and organization rather than machines comprised the decisive technological advantage.
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Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jan 19, Chris rated it it was ok. Headrick's book is a short, narrowly focused, academic, and somewhat dry study of the technologies gunboats, quinine, breechloading weapons, and railways which allowed Europeans to colonize and otherwise control large swathes of Asia and Africa in the 19th century, and is more likely to be read in a university library carrel than in a beach chair.
I would not recommend it for the reader with a casual interest in the history of European imperialism. Instead check out the piles of more readable Headrick's book is a short, narrowly focused, academic, and somewhat dry study of the technologies gunboats, quinine, breechloading weapons, and railways which allowed Europeans to colonize and otherwise control large swathes of Asia and Africa in the 19th century, and is more likely to be read in a university library carrel than in a beach chair.
Instead check out the piles of more readable and broader-in-scope studies out there e. James Morris' Pax Britannica trilogy or well-known narratives by such folks as Orwell. I've also read positive reviews of Hochschild's Leopold's Ghost. Sep 19, Joanna rated it really liked it.
Though this book contained far to many lists of names and numbers that were nearly impossible to follow, it is a great overview of the technological impact of British and other colonialism of the 19th and early 20th century.
Unlike other books I've read on the subject, Headrick's account does not glorify 'the empire' and, while the section is brief, comments on the negative impacts of colonialism on native populations. The book also contains extensive reference notes with each chapter, allowing Though this book contained far to many lists of names and numbers that were nearly impossible to follow, it is a great overview of the technological impact of British and other colonialism of the 19th and early 20th century.
The book also contains extensive reference notes with each chapter, allowing anyone who would like to to find a great number of other books to read on the subjects of technologies and European imperialism. Feb 02, Italia rated it liked it Shelves: forced-reads. Update: I got a B 87 on the paper because I was stupid and did not answer the motive question. But my professor liked everything else, so I suppose the venture was overall successful. The Tools of Empire written by Daniel R.
Headrick focuses on the issue of the influx of imperialism in Europe and which technologies triggered its occurrence. Industrialization in conquering seas, disease, weaponry, and ensuring efficient communication in Africa and Asia is what Headrick uses to argue of why the W Update: I got a B 87 on the paper because I was stupid and did not answer the motive question.
Industrialization in conquering seas, disease, weaponry, and ensuring efficient communication in Africa and Asia is what Headrick uses to argue of why the West surpassed the East during this time period and why Britain proved itself to be a strong nation.
Headrick describes the intricate processes that were involved in the results of imperialism being both a combination of the desire for wealth, but also circumstantial technological development.
These circumstances were what allowed the West to explore and later conquer large expanses of land in the East. One of the best examples of this sacrifice is during the British exploration of Africa while men were suffering from malaria outbreaks. Over a million died from to , until the death rates were significantly declined from quinine prophylaxis administered to crews.
However, mercury was given to patients as an experiment to see if this could reverse the effects of the malaria fever—a dangerous chemical which undoubtedly contributed to the gargantuan death rates among the English. This Scientific Revolution was a climactic point for England because it allowed them to fully explore Africa.
The imperialistic English did not pay the ultimate price—but the common soldier certainly did, which Headrick fails to mention. And if the English were willing to experiment with remedies upon their own people, then it should come as no surprise that they would take advantage of foreigners such as Indians and Africans.
It is ironic that the technology which allowed Britain to become a great naval and industrial power was usually not welcomed with open arms at its initial invention. This is seen also with the iron steamship which would allow businesses not just the government to transport goods overseas. After the invincibility of the Great Britain was proven, pig iron production skyrocketed by 5.
This radical increase in production helped the British economy from the inside and allowed them to keep ahead of the United States and their cheap timber shipbuilding production.
Headrick helps readers understand from this section that the inner workings of Britain were just as important as their efforts to conquer because it is what helped them stay ahead of other countries. Without a strong foundation, any imperialism is bound to fail eventually.
As Headrick states in the beginning of the book, it is this combination of technological advancement and want of betterment that furthered the British in enabling them to conquer and remain for so long the number one power in the West. The circumstances and coincidences of the acceptance of better technology helped their situation along without brute strength or superiority. Weapons contributed to the slave trade in Africa and its process as well as the more traditional forms of colonization.
It is clear from this that the European superiority air during this time period was a farce. If it was not, then they would not have prohibited the sale of breechloaders in certain latitudes in Africa. Lastly, Headrick shows readers what this technological innovation and imperialism allowed Britain to do: take advantage with their power.
If their railroad companies failed in India, the taxpayers would have to pay for their losses. So whatever happened, there would be no negative repercussions on them and they would retain their power and wealth. With the approval of the Bengal government and East Indian Company, Britain was allowed to go forth with the project while promising to contribute to the funds that they accumulated from the project. Headrick mentions at the end of the chapter that this sacrifice posed to the Indian people and that the government and companies disregarded it for their own motives.
The best jobs were also given to Britons. This prioritizing is another danger of the free enterprise system.
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