Imperialism Essay

Imperialism in its most simplistic form can be defined by the dictionary of human geography as “the creation and or maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination.” It is also declared by this work to be primarily a western phenomenon that utilizes “expansionist, mercantilist policies” which was demonstrated during the nineteenth and twentieth century. Japan in the earlier years of the Tokugawa reign isolated itself from the rest of the world. It was a feudal system in which each citizen was obedient and knew its place in society. However by 1914, Japan had grown to be an imperial power itself following various strategies of the western powers after they themselves had been a colony of a European state. After a period of isolation before the onset of the Meiji restoration and the strong emergence as an imperial power one must examine all the characteristics and strategies that Japan had possessed by 1914 to gain imperial power like that of a north Atlantic power. One strategy that served to be important in Japan’s rise as an imperial power was the development of its nationalistic nature. It can be believed that Japan’s early years of exclusion from the outer world was influential of its expansion as an empire. They developed a systematic and rigid system of living which they despised overseas influences and saw that alliances that could possibly be…

THE IMPACT OF IMPERIALISM Imperialism is a way to extend a country’s power through diplomacy or force. Over the years there has been different countries using imperialism as a way to expand. Realizing the damage that imperialism has on countries, people have written stories and poems to describe the extent of imperialism. Imperialism, although widespread, is evil and has many different aspects that impact it. Imperialism was widespread and there were forms of it almost everywhere. One way…

past, beliefs, and culture; said views eventually lead to nationalism which became a key factor for the growth of power of rising nations during this time period. Throughout this new process of nation building, acquisition of new territories, known as imperialism, was fundamental for the nation's prosperity. This is because besides national unity, the strength of each nation to protect itself from other powers depended on its economic power and expansion. This concept of imperialism materialized…

I believe that the United States became an imperialist nation at the end of the 19th century because Americans wanted to expand overseas with their belief in manifest destiny. The three main factors that started American imperialism were political and military competition including the creation of a strong naval force, economic competition among industrial nations and a belief in the racial and cultural superiority of people of Anglo-Saxon descent. America took advantage of countries that were…

intended through the lessons, is what caused the development of imperialism and the impacts that it caused globally along with the industrial revolution that gave fuel to the national powers that exist today. Imperialism gave nations the opportunity to expand their nationalistic pride to surrounding areas such as India, Japan, China, and Africa. The involvement of European countries and the United States within these locations impacted the imports and exports within their economies and political…

African Imperialism What do you think about Imperialism around the world? What about Imperialism in Africa? There was a time once in Africa where the strongest European nations were after African territory to colonize. Colonization at the time was really important because natural resources were the case of the Industrial Revolution which then gave nations the power to create a stronger military. Having a strong military was very important to colonize more land. The African Imperialism was…

The Age of Imperialism was a period of time when industrialized countries were selfish, greedy and egotistical. Countries and people that participated in imperialism had different motives for their actions; many wanted to gain control of land for military, economic, intellectual, religion and exploration. Essentially imperialism had become a game where countries were trying to become more powerful than their competitors by colonizing undeveloped land around the world. However, those that were…

In Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad explores the evilness that imperialism breeds by believing that one’s ideas, culture, and religion are superior of that of another. Not only does Conrad criticize the concept of imperialism by questioning the intentions behind imperialism to justify the murder, rape, and pillaging that actually ensues in the imperialistic process that's goal is actually to rob the native Congo of natural resources, namely ivory and make a great deal of money doing so, all the…

Many Countries have attempted to acquire land throughout history in order to become more powerful or to gain goods that are not available in their home land. Britain is no different. They started down the road of Imperialism, or building an empire. Schumpeter (1919) defined imperialism as the “non-rational and objectless disposition on the part of a state to unlimited forcible expansion. Imperialism is rooted in the psychology of rulers and the effects of surviving pre-capitalist social…

Imperialism is basically one nation taking over another. In imperialism there are two point of views, the view of the one who is taken over, and the one who is taking over. These are the imperialist powers who take over for a variety of reason. They took over the colonized people and for some it helped, but for some it caused harm. This essay will be talking about imperialism from the point of view of the imperialist powers and the colonized people. The imperialist powers view imperialism…