Thursday, May 24, 2012

COLONIAL ECONOMY

Def:
 is the economy established by colonialist in the  colonial to suit their  interest as metropolitan one
                   CHARACTERISTICS OF COLONIAL ECONOMY
1 .In courage the production of cash crops rather than food crops
2.land alienation where by African forced to leave  the fertile land for white settlement (settler)
3.Manufacturing sector war few of weak.
4.Monopoly of selling process by capitalist
5.economic depend
                   THE ESTABLISHMENT F COLONIAL ECONOMY
1 Creation
           The colonialist created some new economic sturcture which fomaly were not existing in traditional economy.
              Eg : cash crops production   taxation  forced labour      migrant labour    land alienation

 2.Distriction
           this was distruction of traditiona  sett    sofficient economic done by destraying industries
   1.Force _the colonial state made it llegall to produced certain traditional crafts
                           Eg in zaire traditonal craft lost hand (CHOPPED HAND)    
   2Competion-europe manufacture good were brought in and African yang industires     
3.Presavation
    colonialist preserved several Effect of the pre-colonial Economy
                       1.the basic tools remained the hoe and axe
                       2.the basic unity of production remain the familly
                       3.Pre-capitalist relation of production were pre served
                              COLONIAL AGRICULTURE
INTRO; is the applied of social scince which deals crop and animall keepping.THIS IS CONDUCTED IN THREE WAYS 1}peasant agriculture
                         2}settler agriculture
                         3}plantation
        PEASANT: This the method used to colonialist to  exploit African African were engage  in cash crop production .they are grow crop like cotton /coffee ,cocoa ,tea tobacco, palm oil   
                                CHARACTERISTIC
1.uses small scale
2.instrument wewre simple and crad
3.little capital invested
4.production of cash  crops of expot altention on was  pained in food crop
5.uses of family laboul

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