The Industrial Revolution in the 19th century was an immensely remarkable time period in the world’s history. The revolution brought advancement throughout the world that transformed countries from premodern to modern. Typically, students are taught about modernization by examining The West: Britain, United States, Germany, and France. This is a result of The West having enormous success during the Industrial Revolution, which leads a great deal of people to believe that the Industrial Revolution was an exceptional time for the world and brought success to all countries. After further investigation, however, the progress during the time period is actually better understood by researching modernization as a global process and analyzing the countries
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In the 1870s, Europeans traveled to Kenya and took control of Kikuyu land, which was a tribe of Kenya. As soon as Europeans took their land, the Kikuyu began noticing negative effects, “there was now no room for the land to rest and it was tired. The food it grew was poor and there was not enough grown on it for all to eat.” The people went poor due to taxes and many had no homes because Europeans took them or took the land they were on to mine for gold. At one point of time, there were 1,200 people living on just 200 acres of land. The Kikuyu were not the only one who felt the inequality of the West. The French considered themselves greater than the Vietnamese and conquered their land, “they considered us not merely as savages, but as dogs and sine. Not only do they not treat us as equals, but to them we are just something dirty and stinking, to be avoided.” The Vietnamese also physically felt the effects of inequality because it was not uncommon for people in the countryside to be beaten to death by Frenchmen. Even in South Africa when people tried to hold civil conversations with Europeans, they were looked down upon, “Why do so many Hollanders find it unpleasant to converse with us in their own language? Oh yes, now I understand; Dutch is too beautiful to be spoken by a brown
In the 1870s, Europeans traveled to Kenya and took control of Kikuyu land, which was a tribe of Kenya. As soon as Europeans took their land, the Kikuyu began noticing negative effects, “there was now no room for the land to rest and it was tired. The food it grew was poor and there was not enough grown on it for all to eat.” The people went poor due to taxes and many had no homes because Europeans took them or took the land they were on to mine for gold. At one point of time, there were 1,200 people living on just 200 acres of land. The Kikuyu were not the only one who felt the inequality of the West. The French considered themselves greater than the Vietnamese and conquered their land, “they considered us not merely as savages, but as dogs and sine. Not only do they not treat us as equals, but to them we are just something dirty and stinking, to be avoided.” The Vietnamese also physically felt the effects of inequality because it was not uncommon for people in the countryside to be beaten to death by Frenchmen. Even in South Africa when people tried to hold civil conversations with Europeans, they were looked down upon, “Why do so many Hollanders find it unpleasant to converse with us in their own language? Oh yes, now I understand; Dutch is too beautiful to be spoken by a brown