HIST 202: European Civilization, 1648-1945
Lecture 15 - Imperialists and Boy Scouts. The boom in European colonial expansion in the second half of the nineteenth century, the so-called New Imperialism, can be seen to follow from three principle factors, in ascending order of importance: religious proselytizing, profit, and inter-imperial political strategy. With respect to the latter concern, the conflicts emerging from imperialism set the stage for World War I. Along with its military and industrial consequences, imperialism also entailed a large-scale cultural program dedicated to strengthening support for its objectives among the domestic populations of the imperial powers. The creation of the Boy Scouts is an exemplary form of such a program, founded upon a mythology of the American frontier reformulated to encompass Africa and Asia. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 15 - Imperialists and Boy Scouts |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. The Age of New Imperialism: God, Gold and Glory |
| [00:08:19] | 2. The Domestic Influence of Social Imperialism |
| [00:11:31] | 3. The Great Game: Colonial Rivalries Leading Up to the First World War |
| [00:15:30] | 4. Violence and Atrocities in the Colonial System |
| [00:22:26] | 5. The Culture of Imperialism: The Origins of the Boy Scouts and the Frontier Ideology |
| References |
| Lecture 15 - Imperialists and Boy Scouts Instructor: Professor John Merriman. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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