Concept information
Preferred term
Colonialism
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Note
- IM; specify geog & hist period
Scope note
- The aggregate of various economic, political, and social policies by which an imperial power maintains or extends its control over other areas or peoples. It includes the practice of or belief in acquiring and retaining colonies. The emphasis is less on its identity as an ideological political system than on its designation in a period of history. (Webster, 3d ed; from Dr. J. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)
History note
- 95; was see POLITICAL SYSTEMS 1990-94
In other languages
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Finnish
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siirtomaavalta
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018595
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