we do not know much about sure it relates to the things we know about history but how much of it do we actually connect and know about without having to connect it to another topic? In this essay I will try to thoroughly discuss the basic premise of what imperialism is as a whole while at the same time talking about its connection to chicano study or history.
After describing and laying out the basics of imperialism I will compare and contrast two to three different regions/areas in which the United States had some sort of imperialist presence or ruling which will further help define the sort of activity that was in effect at the time by the United States and its connection to Latinos, Chicanos and other races or ethnicity. Specific attention will be paid to various theories and chronological events that take place in the understanding of the United States imperialist involvements in the regions of the Southern part of the U.S., some of Central America along with the Caribbean. The area of topic will take me South of the Border in order to better understand Chicano history and the roles everyone had back …show more content…
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Imperialism can be so briefly defined as a policy that is an extension of a country’s power and influence over a certain sought after or taken over territory.
The policy is often brought into realization through a variety of means like through diplomacy, military force and other factors. The thing about imperialism is that the context of imperialism can be broken down into four different types which are described and categorized individually. Each one of course has the overall theme of imperialism but differs from one another because of different meaning or basis. The four different categories and types of imperialism are colonial, political, economic and socio-cultural imperialism. Colonial imperialism is a form of imperialism that is basically a complete takeover of an area and what this means is that all aspects that make up the area will be controlled. The area that is conquered exists only as a benefit to the imperial power which has taken it over thus the area has no action or say. Economic imperialism is a form of imperialism that is allows the conquered nation to act on its own but has conditions set like having control of the conquered nations business and trade. Political imperialism can be understood differently than the other imperialism forms in that its basic meaning is that it allows the country to have its own native political figures in top positions but when it comes to being told what to do it is operated by the imperialist country itself. The last and
final type of imperialism is socio-cultural imperialism which so briefly put is the attempt of total domination of the country in which almost everything is changed from customs to religion to even language.
Imperialism as a whole like many others common things has both its ups and its downs. Some of the positive things that come from imperialism are things like most superpowers bring with them introduction of industrialization and/ or basic technology into the conquered often small nations this will in turn boost the nation's economic level and status. Another advantage for example that comes from imperialism is that the conquered nation can achieve things like stability politically, it can receive education and many other benefits. The negative side to imperialism can be found and pointed out easily. One way in which the negative aspect of imperialism comes into mind is when for example a nation tries to resist growth or expansion in their territory. The consequence of that happening is clear in mind to the power that is trying to takeover in which the outcome is it leads to things such as widespread massacre and ethnic clearing in a more logical sense. Negative things are exactly what they are because of most of the time the outcome will change not one thing alone but it will have impact and like a ripple it will vibrate and spread. Some other possible things that are negatives in the subject of imperialism are things like their being possible political wrong when it comes to certain things like maybe the dealing of the nation national resources, new religion being introduced or culture and language being affected. Imperialism is a subject that can be a great asset or contradiction depending on its purpose and use, the responsibilities of everything that comes as an outcome can and cannot benefits the nation as a whole.
The idea of imperialism emerged during the 19th century and a bit of the early 20th century when most countries where at a crossroads, if not most then some needed to find new ways for them to achieve often more economic prosperity than they already had. Thus, came the idea that most industrial powers looked to which was that they would use imperialism in order to enforce monopolization of trade by doing this the industrial powers are able to secure foreign trade and guarantee that the consumption of their product wouldn’t be a problem.