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001________________________________________________________________ New Imperialism: Introduction Anderson: '....now even the Afghan mountaineer, the Mongolian herdsman or the tribesman in the African rain-forest could scarcely hope to escape for long the devastating and fruitful influence of Europe'. Imperialism: empire building; policy of extending a country's influence by diplomacy or conquest/ the political [and often economic and social and cultural] dominance of one people over another Pre-New Imperialism: imperial ambivalence Until about 1870, most governments and most Europeans were hostile to the idea of imperialism. By about the 1820s, several countries that had long had colonial connections lost them: * France had lost most of her colonial possessions in North America and Asia * Spain had lost hers in South America * The British had lost the 13 colonies [states] in North America * The Portuguese had lost Brazil Duke of Wellington: 'We have possession of nearly every valuable port and colony in the world, and I confess that I am anxious to...

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