The Pros And Cons Of Historical Globalization
Globalization has greatly affected history, some benefited while others were harmed by its influences. Everyone is where they are today largely in part of globalization, from the starving children living in African slums to rich men living in the Hollywood hills; it is obvious that depending on what side of globalization countries were on in the past, it will shape the lives of people living there in the future. As well as causing an imbalance economically, historical globalization helped western Europeans create racial and cultural imbalances. Although there were positives to historical globalization, the negative effects greatly outweigh the positives and result as historical globalization being a negative impact to many countries on
the globe. Globalization has hindered some nation’s economies due to other nations coming to colonize, reap the rewards of the land, and shut down the original people’s international sales. This is the case with India as it was industrialized by Britain when it was a colony between 1757 and 1858. India was a large contributor to the textile industry in the global economy during this time, and was trumping Britain, its mother country, in that market. Britain, not wanting to lose money to its own colony made laws stating that India could not sell their fabrics, effectively industrializing the country. As a result, the majority of India’s population was thrown into poverty due to lost jobs, and many people are still living in poverty in those areas today. Imperialistic western European countries made their best efforts to assimilate the cultures of the nations they had colonized. This means that entire ways of life were constantly at risk of going extinct because it was easier for the colonizers if everyone to have the same cultures and lifestyles as everyone else, and it had to be the European’s culture. This was especially prevalent with the First Nations people of North America in what is now the United States and Canada. Residential Schools were used by the European colonizers to brainwash the natives as children when they are impressionable to the ‘superior way of life’ of the Europeans and are more likely to leave their own culture behind. This tactic of assimilating cultures is not just damaging to the people of the culture but it is damaging to everyone as we lose stories and ideologies and knowledge unknown to the rest of us. Cultural assimilation was a brutal but fairy effective way for earlier Europeans to control people coming from other ethnicity and cultures.
the globe. Globalization has hindered some nation’s economies due to other nations coming to colonize, reap the rewards of the land, and shut down the original people’s international sales. This is the case with India as it was industrialized by Britain when it was a colony between 1757 and 1858. India was a large contributor to the textile industry in the global economy during this time, and was trumping Britain, its mother country, in that market. Britain, not wanting to lose money to its own colony made laws stating that India could not sell their fabrics, effectively industrializing the country. As a result, the majority of India’s population was thrown into poverty due to lost jobs, and many people are still living in poverty in those areas today. Imperialistic western European countries made their best efforts to assimilate the cultures of the nations they had colonized. This means that entire ways of life were constantly at risk of going extinct because it was easier for the colonizers if everyone to have the same cultures and lifestyles as everyone else, and it had to be the European’s culture. This was especially prevalent with the First Nations people of North America in what is now the United States and Canada. Residential Schools were used by the European colonizers to brainwash the natives as children when they are impressionable to the ‘superior way of life’ of the Europeans and are more likely to leave their own culture behind. This tactic of assimilating cultures is not just damaging to the people of the culture but it is damaging to everyone as we lose stories and ideologies and knowledge unknown to the rest of us. Cultural assimilation was a brutal but fairy effective way for earlier Europeans to control people coming from other ethnicity and cultures.