March 14th strayer chapter 18

strayer chapter 18

."In mid 1967, I ( robes strayer) was on summer break from a teaching assignment with the peace corps in Ethiopia and was traveling with some friends in neighboring Kenya, just four years after that country had gained its independence from British colonial rule. the bus we were riding on broke down, and I found myself hitchhiking across kenya, heading for Uganda. soon I was picked up by a friendly Englishman, one of Kenyas famous Rift Valley, and we were approached by a group of boys selling baskets and other tourist items. they spoke to us in good English, but my British companion replied to them in Swahili. he lated explained that europeans generally did not speak English with the natives. I was puzzled, but reluctant to inquire further".

"For many millions of africans, asians, and Pacific Islanders, colonial rule by the British, French, germans, Italians, Belgians, Portuguese, Russians, or Americans was the major new element in their historical experience during the  long nineteenth century ( 1750-1914). of course, no single colonial experience characterized this vast region. much depended on the cultures and prior history of various colonized people. policies of the colonial powers sometimes differed sharply and changed over time. men and women experience the colonial era differenlty, as did traditional elites, western eudatced groups, artisans, peasant famers, and migrant laborers.

furthmore the varied actions and reactions of such people, despite their opression and expolotiation, shaped the colonial experience, perhaps as much as the policies, practices, and intentions of their temporary european rulers. all of them colonizers and colonized alike were caught up in the flood of change that accompanied this new burst of europeans imperialism. behind much of Europes ninettenth century expanison lay the massive fact of its industrial revolution, a process that gave rise to new economic needs, many of which solutions abroud". A this content I got from the history book and it helped me study for upcoming exams or quiz and tests. This is content from the book I retyped because I feel by typing on what I read helps me a lot to memorize it.

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