How did the inventions of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre and Alfred Nobel shape the nature of European imperialism in the late nineteenth century?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. Daguerre developed a new method of capturing images that made imperialism a visual experience.
b. The daguerreotype allowed Europeans to see the world without leaving their homes.
c. Images of the peoples and landscapes of the colonized world highlighted their “exoticness.”
d. Nobel’s inventions (e.g. smokeless gunpowder, dynamite) gave Europeans a military advantage, allowing them to easily conquer most of the world.
e. Nobel’s inventions also transformed the natural landscape to facilitate the construction of the infrastructure of empire (e.g. railroads, canals).
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