Definition
imperialism often describes cases in which a foreign government administers a territory without significant settlement
History
as old as human civilization
can be considered having three phases in modern times
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1492 - mid-18th centry
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Cold War
Narratives
- Economic (Adam Smith and David Ricardo argued imperialism does not confer benefits to everyone, just a small proportion of people.)
- Security - supress others for the sake of “security of nation”
- Social Darwinism -Machiaveli, Mussolini, Hitler
- White Man’s Burden, moralistic