The Tropics and Extraction
Agenda
Lecture
Work with groups onpresentation
read BannerIntroduction&Australia, TerraNullisby DesignonBlackboard
Reading ComprehensionQuiz #7all short answerresponse
prep presentation (1.5weeks)
European Colonization, 1945
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Northerncontinent
Torrid zone
Theoretical southerncontinent(Antichthonesorterraaustralis)
World view
Traditional Agriculture
After thousands of years, improvedsustainability
Self-sufficient
Small scale
Large variety
Low technological stress
Europeans stressed this system
Indonesia
Low-lyingland(coasts)= riceagriculture
Highlands(central) =shiftingagricultureand hunting/gathering
Dutch in Indonesia
Imposed export quotas
Controlled price, wages, and trade ofcommodities
Peasantsreducedown food crops
Cleared land to produce crops
Fluctuating prices = peasantsecologicallydamaging subsistence agriculture
benzoinabaca
camphorpulses
cutchpetroleum
eaglewoodtortoiseshell
rattanzinc
sagorayskins
sappanwoodsaltpeter
Plantations
Arise in rest of world19thcentury
First in Americas (land, slave labor, climate)
Necessary for crops
Long harvest times = risky market = onlylarge businesses could manage
Crop demand fluctuated
Sugar/tobaccoconsumable goods
Textile crops (cotton)start of IndustrialRev
Vegetable oilsindustrial machines need
British India
Economic needmeets political andcultural ideologies
Robert Clivetakes over Bengal
Legitimate rule
Impose laws
Take care ofchildren Indians
Rationalize use ofland
Consequences of Tropical Exploitation
Integrated tropical regions into globalmarkets
Economic necessityracial justification
Long-term dependence on unstable globalforces that they dont control
Homework
read BannerIntroduction&Australia, TerraNullisby DesignonBlackboard
Reading Comprehension Quiz #7all short answerresponse
in-class presentations in 1.5 weeks (next Thurs)
In-class presentation: Thurs Oct 17th
Each group will read theIntroductionANDone chapterfromRossEcology and Power in the Age of Empire[postedunder: Course UnitsRossPresentations]
Each group presents chapter for 15 minutes & discusses
1.Structure(how is the chapter organizedwhy is this the organization?Chronological? Thematic? How does this support his argument?)10 pts
2.Arguments:What is this chapter about? Why did empires do what theydid? What does he say about the environmental impact of this process?How does it relate to ecology and power? Do we see any changes inthis process during its history? Why or why not?15 pts
3.Evidence:what primary and secondary sources does he cite? Give afew examples of each and analyze how those sources support or limit hisargument? Are they from the perspective of the colonizers orcolonized? Are the secondary sources mostly older (before the 1970s)or newer (after the 1970s)?10 pts
4.Class connection:how does this chapter relate to the class generally?Connect to a few lectures and a few readings15 pts
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