March 3 The New Imperialism
Pax Britannica vs. the New Imperialism
I. emergence of rival industrial and imperial powers
> Kipling, "The White Man's Burden"
Percentage of global industrial output
| 1870 | 1913 | |
| Germany | 13% | 16% |
| the United States | 23% | 36% |
| Great Britain | 32% | 14% |
II. empire becomes a political issue
> Disraeli's Crystal Palace Speech (1872)
> Victoria declared Empress of India [account]
III. shift in the nature and pace of imperial acquisition
example: Eygpt
Cromer's Modern Egypt
the Scramble for Africa
the South African War (the Boer War)
-the Jameson Raid
> Kipling, "If"
outcomes
-J. A. Hobson, Imperialism, A Study
IV. shifting attitudes and ideologies
jingoism (McDermott's War Song)
Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (1897)
>Kipling, "Recessional"
scientific racism / social Darwinism
