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Explain imperialism’s lasting impact including its influence on the Holocaust;

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You are to write a 1,500 word paper on the following topic:

King Leopold’s Ghost and Blood lands, describe events central to the existence of Western Civilization. Drawing on your reading of both books, discuss whether you agree with the preceding statement. Your essay should 1) take a position;

2) compare and contrast the events in the Congo and in Central Europe;

3) Explain imperialism’s lasting impact including its influence on the Holocaust; and

4) use at least two other academic sources to support your opinion.

 

 

How were the systems of economic exploitation and the social/cultural impacts similar and/or different?

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In Adam Hochschild’s book, King Leopold’s Ghost, we read about colonial extraction in the Congo by Belgium from 1885 until 1960. Over that period, the Belgians were active in a number of industries. How did the character of the resource being exploited and the international industry around it – first ivory, then rubber– affect the character of the colonial enterprise and what Bernstein would call the “labor regime” in the Congo? How were the systems of economic exploitation and the social/cultural impacts similar and/or different? For this reading response, you do not have to compare 2 authors, only refer to and cite at least 2 different assignfkted chapters in the book.