PART 1
1. Why did Western powers gain control of the Chinese economy in the late nineteenth century? How did the citizens in Guangzhou plan to respond to the invading Westerners?
2. What is imperialism? How does that term relate to Charles Darwin's Origin of Species?
3. How did Westerners and the Japanese justify imperialism?
4. How was the "civilizing mission" a form of deterritorialization?
PART 2
1. How did states emerge in the nineteenth century?
2. According to Renan, what are the key ingredients needed to create a nation-state?
3. How did nationalism in Europe differ from national movements outside Europe?
4. Why did democracy become more widespread?