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A portrayal of New Imperialism and its effects on China. Stephen Howe has summarized his view on the beneficial effects of the colonial empires: At least some of the great modern empires – the British, French, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and even the Ottoman – have virtues that have been too readily forgotten.

The Scramble for Africa, also called the Partition of Africa, the Conquest of Africa or the Rape of Africa, was the invasion, annexation, division, and colonization of most of Africa by seven Western European powers during an era known as New Imperialism (between 1833 and 1914).

Industrial Imperialism, the “New” Imperialism. By Trevor Getz. Imperialism was only truly new 4,500 years ago (shout out to the Akkadians). But it got a surprising revival when some parts of the world industrialized. Several factors led to this "new" imperialism. The world in 1880 was made of both nation-states and empires.

A colonial empire is a collective of territories (often called colonies ), either contiguous with the imperial center or located overseas, settled by the population of a certain state and governed by that state.

Old imperialism is typically dated to the late 15th and 18th centuries, whereas new imperialism reached its height from 1870 to 1914. Both old and new imperialism focused on extracting resources, commercial ventures, territorial acquisition or control, cheap or slave labor, colonial competition, and cultural domination of the native population through missionary work, administration, and ...