Without political integration the economic integration would have impossible to achieve. New and costly technologies brought by the second wave could not have been written off unless they were used to produce goods for local markets higher than the local ones.
The new imperialism, become from "small" "large",was not peripheral anymore, but as integrated in the basic economic structure of industrial countries, that the jobs of millions of ordinary workers had come to depend on it. And it was not just about jobs.Europe also needed increasing amounts. As mass production was developing the new industrial elite needed larger markets and new investment opportunities.
Once the trade exceed the national boundaries, each national market became a part of a larger regional or continental markets linked together and, finally, part of a single unified exchange system designed for integration elites who ran the civilization of the Second Wave. Around the world a unique network of money was woven.
In 1492 when Columbus set foot in the new world, Europeans ruled only 9% of the world. In 1801 dominated a third. In 1880 two thirds. In 1935 Europeans politically controlled 85% of dry land and 70% of the population.
When it began to spread in any area, the Second Wave civilization was carrying with it more than technique or trade, redefined as beauty, love, god, justice, power, or even... reality. It launched ideas, attitudes and analogies, being born the notion of "industrial realism". Therefore, during the Second Wave civilization, three basic concepts - the struggle with nature, the importance of evolution and the principle of progress - provided the ammunition used by agencies to explain and justify industrialism worldwide.
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