Chapter 19 p.931-957 + Chapter 19 p.958-971

Chapter 19 (931-957)

This chapter surrounds the selling and trading of opium which lead to the opium wars. During this time Opium became the central requirement of china and was a high sold item. Because this time wars were based on the high demanding drug, the Chinese became labeled as humiliating. They had built their country on strength and to be ripped down from it because all of its people were trying to get their next high, people became less and less afraid and lost more respect for them. I found this to be interesting because for a whole country like that to be put on such a high pedestal and to be taken away from that because of how the people are acting is crazy.

Chapter 19 Documents

The topic of discussion in this document was the way that the Chinese were treated in the 1870's and then some. Specifically seen through one of the women that grew up during this time was Qiu Jin. She discusses the things that she had to grow up with, for instance being shunned because she left her husband to better her education, and even wanting an education. Also she lost her head for trying to throw the Qing dynasty. During this time, the Chinese women were made by their fathers, to wrap things around their feet to prevent the growth of them, as well as they had to marry royalty, and not someone who she actually desired to marry. This document had made me very upset due to the way women were treated back then by the men and society. For the fathers to put their daughters through so much pain to make sure that natural growth does not happen is cruel and inhumane. I also didn't like that fact that women weren't able to choose who they'd spend the rest of their lives with. 

Chapter 18 (p.879-912) & Documents (p.922-929)

Chapter 18

I liked the beginning of this section when the author described his summer in Ethiopia. He described the things that h saw while he was done there and that led to the intro to the chapter. I found it interesting how the first thing he noticed after he was directed to see the beautiful view, was that he saw children selling on the streets like an adult would be seen as doing. During this time it as very common for that due to the colonization from the other countries, which he goes onto explain further. Colonialization had made a huge impact on the way things function in our surroundings. From other countries taking 0over other countries, to making different types of people work. These people that worked were also categorized and called many names.

Documents

The visual sources in these documents displayed images of what was going on at this time. This had to deal with the many places that were taken over. One of the images also showcased the alliances between countries. While some of them displayed the French having lots of powered and who they were up against. Others displayed the significance of overcoming someone else's rule.