HIS 102 1st Edition Lecture 26 Outline of Last Lecture I Pope Pius IX II The rise of Prussia III Otto von Bismarck IV Wars of unification V The German Reich Outline of Current Lecture I Late 19th century Nationalism A German Reich Empire established in 1870 1 Wilhelm I was also leader of Prussia 2 Unification of Germany was significant because it i Altered the balance of power in Europe ii Created economic importance for Germany iii Militaristic state semi absolutist B Nationalist advance 1 More and more Europeans began thinking of themselves as part of a country German French English national identity became more important than local 2 Awakening of nationalism leads to i Nationalist political parties ii Different countries wanting to be liberated from empire II Second industrial revolution A Focus on scientific advances 1 Electric light 2 Phonograph 3 Cinema 4 Plumbing B Rise of large corporation III The new imperialism definition A Generalized phenomenon B Everyone gets involved IV Science and theories of conquest A Modern anthropology 1 Debates about how many races there are pigmentation hair texture width of nose 2 Insistence that race was hierarchical These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute V i Based on level of technology B Social Darwinism 1 Natural selection 2 Application of Darwinian thought to explain human societies 3 This theory justifies conquests 4 Extinction is just another word for natural selection A R Wallace Case study Leopold II and the Congo Free State
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