COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM 1870 1914
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Question
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Westernization
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Imperialism
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Protectorate
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Detailed explanation-1: -Westernization, the adoption of the practices and culture of western Europe by societies and countries in other parts of the world, whether through compulsion or influence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thinking about figures such as James reminds us that western values – think democracy, liberty, equality and human rights – are not the sole property of one group of people or portion of the globe. Instead we’d be better to understand them as human values.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some of the central characteristics of Western culture include: Democracy. Rational thinking. Individualism.
Detailed explanation-4: -Westernization brought about a chain of related phenomena–a decline of parental authority, a breakdown of the extended family, and a conscious initiation of Western family structures and social reforms.