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Colonialism

Colonialism is the practice of extending and maintaining political, social, economic, and cultural domination over a territory and its people by another people in pursuit of interests defined in an often distant metropole, who also claim superiority. While frequently an imperialist project, colonialism functions through differentiating between the…

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related to Further reading · 134
Colonialism → Africa, Albertini, America, An International Social, Andres, Anti-Imperialism, Arthur, Asia, Awaken, Benedikt, Brazza, British Investments, Broberg, California Press, Capital, Caroline Recher, Cengage Gale, Colonial, Colonial Law, Coloniser
related to Sources · 81
Colonialism → Aaronson, Alroey, April, Archived, Arthur Ruppin, Birth, Bloom, Brill, British, Citizen Strangers, Cohen, Collins, Colonialist Enterprise, Companion, Critical, Culture, December, Dream Deterred, Emma, Eretz Israel
related to Types of colonialism · 36
Colonialism → Africa, Argentina, Asia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colony, Exploitation, French-controlled Algeria, Internal, Israel, Italian-controlled Libya, Japanese-controlled Korea, Kashmir, Kenya Colony, Liberia, Manchuria, Mandatory Palestine
related to Contemporary · 28
Colonialism → China, Chinese, Construction Corps, Contemporary, Decolonization, East Turkistan, Exile, First East Turkestan Republic, Han, It, May, Mongolia, New Territory, Non-Self-Governing Territory, PRC, Russian, Second East Turkestan Republic, Sinkiang, Sun Yat-sen, The East Turkistan Government
related to 20th century · 27
Colonialism → Abyssinia, Afghanistan, American, Apart, Asking, Belgian, British, British Empire, China, Dutch, French, German, Grover Clark, He, In, Italian, Japan, Japanese, Nepal, No
related to Marxism · 25
Colonialism → Africa, Guyanese, In, It, Lenin, Lyal, Marx, Marxism, Nations, Non-Russian Marxists, Right, RSFSR, Russian, Self-Determination, Socialist Revolution, Soviet, Specifically, Sultan Galiev, Sunga, The
related to Modern · 25
Colonialism → Age, Americas, British Empire, Canary Islands, Castile, Constantinople, Danish, Discovery, Dutch Empire, English, Following, French, It, Modern, Navigator, Ottoman Empire, Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Prince Henry, Spanish, Spanish Empire
see also · 21
Colonialism → AfricaEuropean, African, AmericasDevelopmentalismDirect, AmericasEuropean, Asia, British EmpireImpact, Concept, DiscoveryAnti-imperialismChartered, EmpireColonialism, EmpireHistoriography, Great Powers, History, King, LibertyEuropean, MicronesiaEuropean, Olympic GamesColoniality, OrientalismPluricontinentalProtectorateRight, Southeast AsiaFrench, SwitzerlandColonialism, Western
related to Liberalism and capitalism · 17
Colonialism → Adam Smith, Britain, British, Classical, Edward Morel, Fox, Fox Bourne, Frédéric Bastiat, Henry Richard, Herbert Spencer, John Bright, Josephine Butler, Nations, Richard Cobden, The Wealth, Their, William Ewart Gladstone
related to Antiquity · 13
Colonialism → Activity, BC, Egyptians, Greek, Greeks, Mediterranean, North Africa, Persian Empire, Phoenicia, Phoenicians, Romans, The Romans, Western Asia

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colonial european colonies world war africa people empire political also century new economic power population control british trade independence exploitation

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Colonialismis apractice of extending and maintaining political0.90text
Colonialismis aexistence of colonies0.90text
Colonialismis anotion of uneven structural power between areas of a state0.90text
Colonialismis aprocess involving elements of both settler and internal colonialism0.90text
protectorates or informal spheres of influenceinstance ofwhich are by definition governed differently from other territories0.80text
Young who wrote that imperialism implements state policyinstance ofImperialism and colonialism have been distinguished by scholars0.80text
while colonialism may reflect commercial intentionsinstance ofImperialism and colonialism have been distinguished by scholars0.80text
although supported by forceinstance ofImperialism and colonialism have been distinguished by scholars0.80text
the Russianinstance ofContiguous land empires0.80text
Chinese or Ottoman have traditionally been called imperialistinstance ofContiguous land empires0.80text
although they also sent populations into their remote territoriesinstance ofContiguous land empires0.80text
the Venetiansinstance ofwith competitors0.80text

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