HIS 102 Western Civilization II

1. The Culture of
Western Imperialism
HIS 102 Western Civilization II
Kara Heitz

2. “Civilizing Mission”

3. Political cartoon: "What
the United States Has
Fought For“ (1914)

4. Pears’ Soap
Left, image caption:
“The birth of
civilisation - a message
from the sea.
Consumption of soap
is the measure of
wealth, civilisation,
wealth, and purity of
the people."

5. French Colonial School in West Africa, c. 1910
Colonial & Missionary Schools

6. German Christian Missionary School
in Southwest Africa, c. 1910

7. American women teaching Filipino children at an
American-run school in the Philippines, c. early 1900s

8. Christian missions established in Africa sent some students to European universities or
to the United States. This photo shows a group of young men and women, enrolled at
Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, who came from the British colonies of Africa and the
West Indies. (c. 1915)

9. "School Begins. Uncle Sam (to his new class in Civilization): Now, children,
you've got to learn these lessons whether you want to or not! But just take a
look at the class ahead of you, and remember that, in a little while, you will
feel as glad to be here as they are! "

10. Paris Exposition 1889

11. Paris Exposition 1889

12. “Senegalese Village”, Paris Exposition

13. An ad for a "Peoples Show" (Völkerschau)
in Stuttgart, Germany, 1928
Ad for an “ethnographic spectacle” in
Paris, 1892
Human Zoos

14. “Dahomey Village”, Paris World’s Fair, 1931

15. Europeans visiting a “negro village”
at a World’s Fair

16. Africans shooting archery in 1904 St Louis
“Savage Olympics Exhibition”

17. Native American “human zoo” that toured Europe

18. Imperialism & Western Culture Today?