Minimum of 8 pages, 9 pages are preferred.

Adam Hochschild, King Leopold’s Ghost (available online)
Marcus Rediker, The SlaveShip (available online)
Steven Tischler, MakingSense of European History to 1914 (Chapter 7 will be attached)

Two books are available online in Kindle format from Amazon for $10.00 each. I will consider this charge in your bid.

3. Explain
how the operation of a slave ship reflected the strategies and outlook of those, who supported the goals of a market economy/capitalism.

Reading Assignment: Rediker, The Slave Ship (all)

In your essay, you should address

· 
the
treatment of Africans (the “product”)

· 
the
relationship between the captain (the “manager”) and the crew (the “labor
force”)

· 
the
construction and function of various parts of the ship itself

· 
how
kidnapped Africans resisted their captors.

5. Examine
the impact of imperialism after 1873 on Africans and Europeans.

Reading assignment: Hochschild, King Leopold’s Ghost (all)

Tischler, Making Sense of European
History to 1914

Chapter 7

Your essay should address

· 
the
myths that European elites put forward to justify imperialism to the European
population as a whole;

· 
the
strategies that European elites developed to enrich themselves

· 
the ways
industrial technology made the occupation of Africa and Asia possible

· 
the ways
in which notions of racial inferiority were used to justify atrocities

· 
the
long-term effects of imperialism on native populations of Africa and Asia