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==Defintion==
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==Definition==
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Colinialism:
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Colonialisme represents the imposition of political control through conquest and territorial expansion over people and places located at a distance from the metropolitan tower (Gregory, 2000, p. 171)
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Can be seen as the implanting of settlements in a distant territory
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==Charateristics==
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Expansion of the territory
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*There is a implanting of settlements in a distant territory;
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Conquest
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*In the colonisation process people, goods, and captial are moved from the metropolitian centre to the colony;
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Colonisation process where people, goods, and captial move from a metropolitian centre to the colony
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*There is a uneven system of power and dependence between the centre and the colony;
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There is a uneven system of power and dependence between the centre and the colony
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*A direct imposement of the rules of the centre through the settlement; 
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Direct imposement of the rules of the sett
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*People on the colony are seen as subordinates;
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*The territory of the colony is seen as an area for exploitation.
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==References==
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*Gregory, D. (2000) Decolonising Geography: Postcolonial Perspectives Chapter 5. In: Blunt, A. & Willis J. (eds), Dissident Geographies: An introduction to radical Ideas and Practice, Prentice Hall, London
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==Contributors==
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Contents

Definition

Colonialisme represents the imposition of political control through conquest and territorial expansion over people and places located at a distance from the metropolitan tower (Gregory, 2000, p. 171)

Charateristics

  • There is a implanting of settlements in a distant territory;
  • In the colonisation process people, goods, and captial are moved from the metropolitian centre to the colony;
  • There is a uneven system of power and dependence between the centre and the colony;
  • A direct imposement of the rules of the centre through the settlement;
  • People on the colony are seen as subordinates;
  • The territory of the colony is seen as an area for exploitation.

References

  • Gregory, D. (2000) Decolonising Geography: Postcolonial Perspectives Chapter 5. In: Blunt, A. & Willis J. (eds), Dissident Geographies: An introduction to radical Ideas and Practice, Prentice Hall, London

Contributors

Page created by--HennyLi 18:38, 25 October 2012 (CEST)

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