Part One
-“Colonialism” (read the first paragraph on the difference, as well as similarities, between colonialism and imperialism)
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/colonialism/
Part Two
-“King Leopold’s Ghost” (documentary video, 1 hour and 48 minutes) (search FIU Library link:
https://fod.infobase.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=118372)
Part Three
-“Great Britain’s need for guns, war supplies drove 18th century industrialism, Stanford scholar says”
War drove 18th-century Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
-“The industrial revolution: A crash course in history” (video, 17 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjK7PWmRRyg
-“The second industrial revolution” (watch until it cuts off)
https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-second-industrial-revolution-timeline-inventions.html
Part Four
-“Aid in reverse: How poor countries develop rich countries”
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/jan/14/aid-in-reverse-how-poor-countries-develop-rich-countries
Discussion post #6 (QUESTIONS)
-Discuss “King Leopold’s Ghost” in terms of the following: the construction of the culture of capitalism/society of perpetual growth in Western Europe and the U.S. during the late 1800s and early 1900s (the “second industrial revolution”); the global commodification of nature and human labor in that context; the construction of the characteristics of global labor in the culture of capitalism; and the repercussions for society, economy, politics, and ecology in the Congo.
-How does “Aid in reverse” pertain to “King Leopold’s Ghost”?
250 word minimum for the entire assignment; no maximum word count. Display the word count at the end of your post. NO PLAGIARISM
