Chapter 18 (pp. 879-912)

Chapter 18 (pp. 879-912) 

Chapter 18 dealt primarily with colonial encounters in Africa and Asia. This includes the second wave of European conquest in which European countries fought over African lands and partitioned almost the entire continent during what has come to be known as the Scramble for Africa. Europeans found enemies of who they were trying to conquer and allied with them. While some Africans resisted European policies, some found employment, security, and status in the European led military and some officials were able to have power on the local level. Small, Western-educated class emerged and some traveled abroad to be educated as doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc. While there was some African cooperation there was significant scientific racism which claimed that darker skinned people are not able to be as intelligent as whites. In South Africa, there was a  large European population and soon race became a part of the legal system. A large result of the Scramble for Africa was the racial separation as Europeans identified, or created, tribes and relegated them to defined territories.