"…"bad" activities (those that depended heavily on labor exploitation) led to lower economic development today than "good" activities (those that did not rely on labor exploitation)." (Bruhn & Gallego, 2012, p
Homi Bhabha's "Of Mimicry and Man," the author explains the desire for colonizers to establish familiarity in colonies. "Bhabha argues that colonial mimicry is "the desire for a reformed, recognizable Other, as a subject of a difference that is almost the same, but not quite" (Conversations on Postcolonial Theory, 2014)
Cannibalism acquired great ideological potency for the colonists from the beginning of the European conquest of the New World. The figure of the cannibal was elaborated and used for many sorts of ends, responding as it did to some of the most powerful symbolic forces known to humankind (Dirks, 1992, p
Major social and political transformations such as the shift towards neoliberal urban policies have widely altered the contemporary structuring of metropolitan areas in Spain and Latin America. One key consequence is the recapture of city centres by wealthy tenants and the eviction of poorer households, a phenomenon usually designated by the term gentrification (Janoschka, Sequera & Salinas, 2013, p
Narayan discusses the views of those that colonized concerning those they colonized. The world-view of colonialism, as well as the moral and socio-political world-views of many colonized cultures, subscribed to a picture where several large groups of colonized cultures, subscribed to a picture where several large groups of people were normatively defined in terms of their relationships as inferiors and subordinates vis-a-vis members of dominant groups (Narayan, 1995, p
"The sugar cane boom -- characterized by an oligarchic society -- is associated with more land inequality. The gold boom -- characterized by a heavily inefficient presence of the Portuguese state -- is associated with worse governance and access to justice" (NARITOMI, SOARES & ASSUNCAO, 2012, p
Sartre explains in his piece on colonization in Africa how the harsh treatment of the natives by colonists led to extreme poverty in the affected colonies. "Can we at least find some compensation for this poverty systematically created by European usurpers in those benefits which are termed not directly measurable, public works and improvement schemes, sanitation, and education?" (Sartre, 2001, p
Some of these changes affected the political landscape of these countries as well as a wave of neoliberalism took hold. (Yates & Bakker, 2013, p
He passionately argued that this was a conspiracy to get rid of the freed African-American society, in order to contain the spill-overs on other blacks, whose miserable lives were still owned by their masters. This was to ensure that the white population continued to prosper (Beiser, 10)
Support from the Blacks It comes as no surprise that while some blacks supported the movement, others stood against it. Those in favor were motivated by their belief that people of African descent would never be treated fairly in this land (Ham, 1)