The Symphony Orchestra
The Symphony Orchestra
The relationship between a core and periphery can be described like the relationship between a conductor and an orchestra. The core is like the main source or power and the periphery is what feeds off of the core. In the case between the conductor and an orchestra, the conductor would be the core and the orchestra would be the periphery. The orchestra is the periphery because it is gaining information or instructions on when each instrument should be playing. The conductor is controlling the sound of the orchestra and determines when certain instruments play. There are many examples of core and peripheries in the world and only a handful of examples will be discussed.
From paper 1, the relationship of core and periphery is discussed between the British East Indian Company and China. At first, China was the core and the British East Indian Company was the periphery. China was the core because China had the balance of trade tipping towards them. When China was asking only for silver for trade, Britain had no choice but to only trade silver because China was such a big country and the size of the country made it seem like they had an enormous amount of power. Tea was a good that China had and what Britain demanded. So the source of tea was in China and Britain had to follow instructions in only trading silver so that they could obtain tea. China was also the core because they had many goods that Britain and other Western countries wanted. The core and periphery relationship was starting to switch when the opium wars were happening. When British people were smuggling in opium to China, they were starting to have the balance of trade fall back into equilibrium because opium was a good that the people of China were demanding and the only source of opium was from Britain. When the opium wars were finished, it seemed like Britain had become the core and China had become the periphery because Britain had gained a lot of the trading rights
The relationship between a core and periphery can be described like the relationship between a conductor and an orchestra. The core is like the main source or power and the periphery is what feeds off of the core. In the case between the conductor and an orchestra, the conductor would be the core and the orchestra would be the periphery. The orchestra is the periphery because it is gaining information or instructions on when each instrument should be playing. The conductor is controlling the sound of the orchestra and determines when certain instruments play. There are many examples of core and peripheries in the world and only a handful of examples will be discussed.
From paper 1, the relationship of core and periphery is discussed between the British East Indian Company and China. At first, China was the core and the British East Indian Company was the periphery. China was the core because China had the balance of trade tipping towards them. When China was asking only for silver for trade, Britain had no choice but to only trade silver because China was such a big country and the size of the country made it seem like they had an enormous amount of power. Tea was a good that China had and what Britain demanded. So the source of tea was in China and Britain had to follow instructions in only trading silver so that they could obtain tea. China was also the core because they had many goods that Britain and other Western countries wanted. The core and periphery relationship was starting to switch when the opium wars were happening. When British people were smuggling in opium to China, they were starting to have the balance of trade fall back into equilibrium because opium was a good that the people of China were demanding and the only source of opium was from Britain. When the opium wars were finished, it seemed like Britain had become the core and China had become the periphery because Britain had gained a lot of the trading rights
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