Name: New State-Making in the Pacific Rim, 1850-1974: Gold, Silver, Oil, Greed, and Government
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Author: Aschenbrenner, Peter J. ; Kazuhiro, Takii
ISBN: 9781666921892

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New State-Making in the Pacific Rim, 1850-1974: Gold, Silver, Oil, Greed, and Government

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Physical Book

Author

Peter J. Aschenbrenner

Preface by

Takii Kazuhiro

Publisher

Lexington Books

Language

English

Pages

242

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781666921892

Synopsis "New State-Making in the Pacific Rim, 1850-1974: Gold, Silver, Oil, Greed, and Government"

European colonial empires were built on private wealth-seeking (gold, silver and oil). These extractive activities required massive public subsidies. Drawing on the experience of three Pacific Rim nations -- Australia, Japan and Canada and two territories in the US (Hawaii and Alaska) -- New State-Making in the Pacific Rim, 1850-1974: Gold, Silver, Oil, Greed and Government demonstrates how 19th century colonialism contained the seeds of its own destruction. Peter J. Aschenbrenner identifies three factors that marked the turning point in the history of colonialism. First, governments demanded a greater return to the public treasury from private extractive activities and a reduced footprint (measured in environmental devastation and obliteration of local cultures. Second, first residents acquired considerable skill in 'adaptation for survival, ' that is, fighting back against oppression (manifested in programs of extermination, forced population movement and hostility to language, religion and traditional subsistence practices). Third, colonial nations' participation in World War I required their armed forces to fill manpower needs by calling on minorities to perform military service. This gave minorities significant leverage in their struggle to achieve equal political rights and access to their fair share of government benefits. Rethinking colonial practices became a realistic option, once national survival was at risk.

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