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  New Imperialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term imperialism was used from the third quarter of the nineteenth century to describe various forms of political control by a greater power over less powerful territories or nationalities, although analytically the phenomena which it denotes may differ greatly from each other and from the "New" imperialism.
Britain's entry into the new imperial age is often dated to 1875, when the government of Benjamin Disraeli bought the indebted Egyptian ruler Ismail's shareholding in the Suez Canal to secure control of this strategic waterway, since its opening six years earlier as a channel for shipping between Britain and India.
It may be debated whether the New Imperialism itself contributed in large measure to the subsequent global conflict, except to the extent that it broadened the geographical area of military operations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Imperialism   (3484 words)

  
 Beyond Imperialism: The New Internationalism
Likewise significant, in contemporary discussions the ‘imperialism’ that is most relevant is the ‘new imperialism’ that emerged in the last decades of the nineteenth century and persisted only through the first decades of the twentieth.
The age of the new imperialism coincided with the quickening tempo of technological change and of international economic interchanges; more and more quantities of goods and capital crossed borders, and distances between people of different countries narrowed dramatically, thanks to the development of the telegraph, the telephone, the steamship, the automobile, and many other devices.
Imperialism would have ceased to function if such blurring continued–-and that was why, even while colonizer and colonized were intermingling at one level, at another a system of rigid social and cultural distinction was maintained.
hnn.us /articles/13625.html   (3962 words)

  
 New Page 1
In these days of political disorientation, translation is all important; for imperialism is not part of the modern lexicon in the west.
New Labour's fake internationalism is part of "economic globalisation", a project as old as gunboats.
The gathering assault on the principle of the sovereignty of nations, however, marks a new phase in the global war against democracy.
www.zmag.org /CrisesCurEvts/pilgerimperialism.htm   (812 words)

  
 The New Imperialism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In the backward colonial peoples, argued Lenin, capitalism had found a new proletariat to exploit; and from the enhanced profits of such imperialism it was able to bribe at least the "aristocracy of labor" at home into renouncing its revolutionary fervor and collaborating with the bourgeoisie.
Nor, of course, could it be a general explanation of imperialism, which had existed centuries before there was a "glut of capital" and before finance capital was as plentiful or as well organized as it was in the later nineteenth century.
The beneficiaries of imperialism were not always the initiators of it; and although King Leopold, Cecil Rhodes, and many of the other empire builders amassed great personal fortunes and powers, so too did many who merely stepped in later to reap the rewards of high administrative offices and rich concessions for trading and investment.
mars.wnec.edu /~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/imperialism.html   (3753 words)

  
 The New Age of Imperialism- Empire? - Global Policy Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The imperialism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was distinguished mainly by two features: (1) the breakdown in British hegemony, and (2) the growth of monopoly capitalism, or a capitalism dominated by large firms, resulting from the concentration and centralization of production.
Imperialism, however, continued to evolve beyond this classic phase, which ended with the Second World War and subsequent decolonization movement, and in the 1950s and 1960s a later phase presented its own historically specific characteristics.
This new age of U.S. imperialism will generate its own contradictions, amongst them attempts by other major powers to assert their influence, resorting to similar belligerent means, and all sorts of strategies by weaker states and non-state actors to engage in “asymmetric” forms of warfare.
www.globalpolicy.org /empire/analysis/2003/0813newage.htm   (4830 words)

  
 Washington’s new imperialism
Meanwhile, the old colonial empires were slowly dismantled, partly as a result of struggles for national liberation, and partly because the colonies declined in economic importance for the advanced capitalist countries as the latter reduced their dependence on imported raw materials--with the significant exception of oil.
Imperialism cannot bring genuine liberation to oppressed people, because by its very nature it is driven by the economic and political interests of the world’s most powerful countries.
Socialists are implacable opponents of all forms of imperialism and national oppression, and we support all struggles for self-determination and national liberation.
www.socialistworker.org /2001/387/387_08_Imperialism.shtml   (1171 words)

  
 THE 'NEW' IMPERIALISM: ACCUMULATION BY DISPOSSESSION
The values of the assets that constitute New York City were and are not trivial and the threat of their massive devaluation in 1975 (and now again in 2003) was (and is) viewed by many as a major threat to the future of capitalism.
It is possible, however, to periodize the historical geography of these processes by taking Arendt seriously when she argues that the European centered imperialism of the period 1884 to 1945 constituted the first stab at global political rule by the bourgeoisie.
This alternative form of imperialism will hardly be acceptable to wide swathes of the world's population who have lived through and in some instances begun to fight back against accumulation by dispossession and the predatory forms of capitalism they have had to confront over the last few decades.
titanus.roma1.infn.it /sito_pol/Global_emp/Harvey.htm   (8296 words)

  
 New Imperialism
During this time period imperialism was a common theme amongst the populations of the western nations and many very influential people wrote and preached the need for expanding their particular countries influence.
During this period of “New Imperialism” many countries made the realization that this time period could be the last chance for them as a nation to build up their empires.
The period called “New Imperialism” made an enormous impact on the commercially, on the humanity, the spread of Christianity, and the political makeup of the western world and its new colonies.
www.onlineessays.com /essays/history/his169.php   (1480 words)

  
 Rise of a new imperialism - smh.com.au
Imperialism and the global expansion of the Western powers were represented in unambiguously positive terms as a major contributor to human civilisation".
From Italy's Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, an ally of crypto-fascists, to impeccably liberal commentators, the new imperialists share a concept whose true meaning relies on a comparison with those who are uncivilised, inferior and might challenge the "values" of the West.
There are many blueprints for the new imperialism, but none as cogent as that of Zbigniew Brzezinski, adviser to several American presidents and one of the most influential gurus in Washington, whose 1997 book is said to have biblical authority among the George W. Bush gang and its "endless war" intelligentsia.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/07/02/1023864733062.html   (1792 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Whoa, let's take shot at Preakness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
She agreed to keep an open mind, then Imperialism stated his case by acting as if he was still plenty sharp each morning he trained.
Mulhall's ability to take Imperialism's game to new heights after she began working with him early this year has stamped her as a potential future star in the male-dominated training ranks.
Imperialism immediately rattled off consecutive victories in the San Vincente and the San Rafael at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., for Mulhall, leading to his rousing performance in the Santa Anita Derby.
www.usatoday.com /sports/horses/triple/preakness/2004-05-12-imperialism_x.htm   (841 words)

  
 Europe in Retropsect: Expansion
When Cecil Rhodes said that imperialism was a "bread-and-butter" question it was this problem that he had in mind: new markets overseas would relieve the economic slump at home by generating the need for more products, hence reemployment of workers.
These new perceptions of the place of European nations in the world suggest that an age of global politics was emerging.
And the new canals--the Panama and the Kiel--were manifestly assets in this naval age, the means by which to move fleets quickly from one body of water to another.
www.britannia.com /history/euro/2/2_1.html   (2051 words)

  
 Hobson, Imperialism, A Study, Part I, Chapter V: Library of Economics and Liberty
The increased hostility of foreign nations towards us may be regarded as entirely due to the aggressive Imperialism of the last thirty years, and the increased expenditure on armaments may, therefore, reasonably rank in a business balance-sheet as a cost of that policy.
Imperialism, when it has shaken off the "old gang" of politicians who had swallowed Free Trade doctrine when they were young, will openly adopt the Protectionism required to round out this policy.
Imperialism naturally strives to fasten to the mother country the markets of each new territorial acquisition, convinced that only by such separate increments can the aggregate of our trade grow; and by the success of this policy it must justify the enormous national outlay which Imperialism involves.
www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Hobson/hbsnImp6.html   (1379 words)

  
 Imperialism
This "new imperialism" occurred primarily between 1880 and 1900, when European governments scrambled frantically for territory.
The causes of the new imperialism are still hotly debated.
Thus, imperialism and reactions to it spread Western civilization to non-Western lands.
www.fresno.k12.ca.us /schools/s090/lloyd/imperialism.htm   (367 words)

  
 The Observer | Special reports | The new liberal imperialism
It is precisely because of the death of imperialism that we are seeing the emergence of the pre-modern world.
Empire and imperialism are words that have become a form of abuse in the postmodern world.
The lightest of touches will be required from the centre; the 'imperial bureaucracy' must be under control, accountable, and the servant, not the master, of the commonwealth.
observer.guardian.co.uk /worldview/story/0,11581,680095,00.html   (3365 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Archive Search
Cooper's call for a new liberal imperialism and admission of the need for double standards in foreign policy have outraged the left but the essay offers a rare and candid unofficial insight into the thinking behind British strategy on Afghanistan, Iraq and beyondYou can join the online debate here.
Imperialism in the traditional sense is dead, at least among the Western powers.
All the conditions for imperialism are there, but both the supply and demand for imperialism have dried up.
www.guardian.co.uk /Archive/Article/0,4273,4388912,00.html   (3304 words)

  
 COMMENTARY
The New Imperialism
The New Imperialism according to the Financial Times is "defensive" - as defensive as Huntington's clash.
In The New Imperialism, the "coercive apparatus" must be provided by the West.
The proponents of New Imperialism conveniently forget to examine how the Taliban got to the ruined top of "failed" Afghanistan in the first place.
www.atimes.com /c-asia/CK06Ag01.html   (2263 words)

  
 Modern History Sourcebook: John Hobson: Imperialism, 1902
No mere array of facts and figures adduced to illustrate the economic nature of the new Imperialism will suffice to dispel the popular delusion that the use of national force to secure new markets by annexing fresh tracts of territory is a sound and a necessary policy for an advanced industrial country like Great Britain....
They needed Imperialism because they desired to use the public resources of their country to find profitable employment for their capital which otherwise would be superfluous....
It is idle to attack Imperialism or Militarism as political expedients or policies unless the axe is laid at the economic root of the tree, and the classes for whose interest Imperialism works are shorn of the surplus revenues which seek this outlet.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1902hobson.html   (1186 words)

  
 Investigating 'new' Imperialism
Given the parlous state of the world with an out-of-control US imperialism threatening the world with nuclear weapons, the issue is no mere academic exercise or the dream of idealists, the fate of humanity depends on us producing a viable and just alternative.
What is most revealing about this alleged piece of news is the total lack of context for the ‘long war’ which even the most perfunctory research reveals about the real objectives of the entirely misnamed ‘long war’ and especially the specious objectives that Goldenberg regurgitates without question, namely the war against the illusory ‘al-Qu’eda’.
For those of you who still bother to read/listen to/watch the mainstream news, you might be forgiven for thinking that the events of the past couple of decades have been proof of the overwhelming success/superiority of ‘Western civilisation’ in the battle with the heathen hordes hammering at the gates of Eden.
www.williambowles.info   (6530 words)

  
 Monthly Review September 2005 John Bellamy Foster | Naked Imperialism
The global actions of the United States since September 11, 2001, are often seen as constituting a “new militarism”; and a “new imperialism.” Yet, neither militarism nor imperialism is new to the United States, which has been an expansionist power—continental, hemispheric, and global—since its inception.
The unprecedented dangers of this new global disorder are revealed in the twin cataclysms to which the world is heading at present: nuclear proliferation and hence increased chances of the outbreak of nuclear war, and planetary ecological destruction.
New nations, such as North Korea, are entering or can be expected soon to enter the “nuclear club.” Terrorist blowback from imperialist wars in the third world is now a well-recognized reality, generating rising fear of further terrorist attacks in New York, London, and elsewhere.
www.monthlyreview.org /0905jbf.htm   (3485 words)

  
 The New Cultural Imperialism: The Greens and Economic Development
This imperialism was fuelled by the territorial imper-ative as well as the “white man’s burden”, to save the heathen souls.
There are some promising new drugs on the horizon, but the hope of a malaria vaccine is at least seven years away.
The new golden rice is being distributed free of charge to public rice breeding institutions around the world.
www.angelfire.com /mi/libertyinstitute/laltext.html   (7723 words)

  
 The ‘New’ Imperialism
Cooper’s rationale, the ‘double standard’ approach to the new international order also underpins Blair’s USUK alliance and helps explain just why, the UK is so out of step with the rest of Europe over the issue of how to deal with Iraq or any of the other ‘rogue’ states.
Catchy stuff from these ‘new imperialists’ but perhaps his metaphor reveals more than he cares to admit as Mars is the god of war or, driven by his ego, did he simply forget.
The only peaceful solution is a new New Deal, but that option is blocked by the political class in the US: the only new spending it will permit is military spending.
www.informationclearinghouse.info /article2788.htm   (3737 words)

  
 On the “Defense” Origins of the New Imperialism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As the New Deal began to crumble badly around the edges between the late summer of 1937 and the fall of 1938, and the momentum of the domestic welfare state programs sagged, the attention to sin abroad increased sharply.
Few things angered the mouthpieces of the new internationalism more during the war than charges that it might also be, and was, profitable to its political exponents and their business and legal associates.
We should realize, too, that before this part of our new imperial responsibilities can be performed, they must rest upon the solid and broad base of internal unity and domestic prosperity, which will imply intelligent and courageous reconstruction of our own economic and political life after the immediate war effort is over.
tmh.floonet.net /articles/defenseorigins.html   (8154 words)

  
 LEADER ARTICLE<BR>New Imperialism: Emerging Circles of Unreason- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
When Tony Blair's foreign policy advisor, Robert Cooper, called for a "new imperialism" that allows well-governed western nations to impose order and stability on the globe, few had the insight to see it as a prescription to re-order the post-9/11 world, although the thesis had been published earlier.
Bosnia, Kosovo and East Timor, as the first enclaves of new imperialism, were the first voluntarily to settle for truncated sovereignty.
None of the imperialists, whatever the pecking order in their part of the world, are going to let southern or developing countries pursue their legitimate interests unless it can be subordinated to the larger objectives of the emerging imperium.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=44289732   (939 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Opinion - How African aid can be the new imperialism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Washington, he argues, is the new Rome as it maintains a new global world order, at great expense.
This is the agenda for Britain's new, benign colonialism - an ambitious blueprint stamped with Gordon Brown's assumptions and methods.
To Niall Ferguson, the Marshall Plan was a tool of the new imperialism - because it extended America's power, assured its values were enacted over a part of the world to which it had no claim.
news.scotsman.com /opinion.cfm?id=627722005   (1505 words)

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