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In the previous chapter I argued that there were two main forms in which colonialism reorganised the conquered territories in order to convert them into proper appendages of the metropoles’ societies. But so far we have only discussed one, namely the restructuring of the domestic social hierarchy, the purpose of which was to mediate the new economic relationship between colony and mother country.
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Hoogvelt, A.M.M. (1978). The Diffusion of European Values and Institutions under Colonialism: Discontinuities in the Evolutionary Process. In: The Sociology of Developing Societies. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04190-9_7
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