IMPERIALISM - Effects
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IMPERIALISM - EffectsAP World History
Imperialism- Cultural Effects Education
Gaining Western education generated new identities for a small minority Reading and writing almost “magical” Access to better paying positions Social mobility and elite status
Western educated elite embraced Western culture
Educated elite saw themselves as a vanguards for their societies – leading them forward
Cultural Effects - Education Unfortunately, hopes for a renewal of
Asian and African societies fell short Europeans declined to treat their Asian and
African subjects as equals Conflict between enlightenment ideals of
Western thought and realities of colonial racism
Cultural Effects – Diffusion European culture spread
Settler colonies saw greater culture changes European social norms often enforced
Dressing in “western” clothingOutlawing subject people’s practices that were
taboo in Western, Christian society (practice of Sati in India, for example)
Aboriginal Cricket Team (Melbourne)
First Indian Cricket team to visit England
Cultural Effects – Religion Christianity
Spread by missionaries Large scale conversions
New Zealand, Pacific Islands, non-Muslim Africa
Associated with Western education Spread more by African teachers than
European missionaries Christianity became “Africanized”
Cultural Effects – Religion India
Rejected conversion Renewal and distillation of Hinduism
(instead of regional varieties) as an equal to ChristianityCaused Muslims to view themselves as a
separate communitySet the stage for profound religious and political
divisions in 20th century
Swami Vivekananda
Cultural Effects – Race and Tribe
Pan-Africanism Grows from common experience of colonial
oppression and racism Effort to revive cultural self-confidence and
to challenge Western superiority
Cultural Effects – Race and Tribe
Idea of the Tribe European notion developed to assist colonial rule Africans found tribal labels useful
In urban areas, ways to provide mutual assistance
“Europeans believed Africans belonged to tribes; Africans built tribes to belong to.”
Cultural Effects – Gender Roles
Africa European patriarchy changed roles of African
womenWage labor forced women to manage domestic
economies aloneWomen’s sexuality and mobility was controlled by
European and African men alike Colonialism provided some opportunities
Opportunities in mission schools, towns, and mines Small scale trade left to women