New imperialism

This chapter begins by discussing the era of New Imperialism that ran from the late nineteenth century into the early twentieth century as a second wave of colonial expansion took place. It goes on to further discuss a second era of New Imperialism from the late twentieth century on in which imperialism took on different forms that did not necessarily require the formal conquest and annexation of territory. Examples include neo-imperialism, economic imperialism, cultural imperialism, liberal imperialism, humanitarian imperialism, democratic imperialism, Western imperialism and American imperialism. The chapter concludes with a discussion of moral imperialism suggesting that all forms of imperialism have a moral dimension.