The geopolitical order of inter-imperial rivalry (1875-1945)

The geopolitical order of inter-imperial rivalry (1875-1945)

1. Competitive imperial states dividing the world into zones .

   • Britain and France (with support of America)
     • Growing nationalism of the period
   • Germany

2. elementary education enabled the more effective dissemination to mass publics of nationalized

   • Growing socialist movements in Europe.

3. In the late nineteenth century emerged "new imperialism"

   • Asia and Africa provided more exports than Britain and Ireland or the United and Canada

4. Between 1890 and 1910 a gold standard became generalized across the leading national economies.

   • Central banks and private bankers were driving forces of core countries
   • “high finance” coordinated the monetary regime and created a ‘community of interest’ in international security.

5. The imperialist regime of international trade established in the late nineteenth century was over.

   • The First World War can be seen as the result of the German challenges to British hegemony.
   • The Second World War was resulted by the excessively punishment of Germany about the economic reparation and territorial losses.