The colonial system of political government or extension of territory, by which one nation exerts political control over another nation, territory, or people, maintaining the colony in a state of dependence, its inhabitants not having the same full rights as those of the colonial power. The controlling power is typically extended thus by military force or the threat of force.
the political or ideological system of beliefs advocating or justifying colonial control of one nation over another nation, territory, or people.
The political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended time.
the domination of one country over another by controlling the colony's economic and political systems
Control by a country over a colony it has claimed ownership of.
exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country
a major feature of the economic history of Nigeria
The forcible takeover of the land of indigenous peoples and the exploitation of the land and the people, ignoring the rights of indigenous people.
The establishment of government/sovereign rule in a foreign territory over an alien people. It was practiced by the European states such as Britain, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal in Africa, Asia and Australasia/Oceania.
The practice of ruling over another country for the purpose of developing trade, or enforcing one's own culture and values on people from a different culture.
A process by which a foreign power dominates and exploits an indigenous group by seizing their land and resources, extracting their wealth, and using them as cheap labour. Also refers to a specific era of European expansion into overseas territories between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. Racial dogmas that reinforced patterns of superiority and inferiority have often been invoked to explain, justify, and promote the exploitation of indigenous minorities.
The historical process through which dominant groups have assimilated, dominated, and subjugated less powerful ones. Distinct from imperialism , which can also be used to describe non-territorial kinds of control, colonialism involves physical settlement along with the military, political, and economic conquest of a people.
A situation of dominance and subordination in the relations between two states. One state asserts substantial power and control over the other, based on military, economic and/or political power. The goals of the dominant state might include: to extract resources, to control a market for its products; to use the strategic location; to instill its own values into members of the subordinate state; or for international prestige. Most areas that were colonial holdings became independent in the decades after 1945.
System in which a state claims sovereignty over territory and people outside its own boundaries, often to facilitate economic domination over their resources, labour and markets.
Describes the spirit with which countries in Europe, North America and elsewhere set about to possess or "colonize" many places in other parts of the world. It often included imposing government and business practices in a way that benefited those doing the colonizing. In fairness to the colonizers, the process did provide employment and infrastructure through the building of roads, communication, western educational systems and other things which still benefit so-called Third World countries today.
Foreign rule imposed upon a group of people, such as the European domination of much of Africa. Current usage of the term applies the idea to situations where one country's economics and/or culture is heavily influenced by another country, such as when people refer to the worldwide proliferation of McDonald's and Coca-Cola as American cultural imperialism.
the governing of one country by another; in the case of Africa, specifically applied to the period of European military and administrative dominion extending from the late 19th century to approximately 1960 for most African countries.