Week 10—Oct 30-Nov 3

Modern Europe

Monday: Imperialism — India and Asia

Read:

  • “The Age of Imperialism, 1870-1914,” in Europe and the Making of Modernity, 1815-1914, by Robin W. Winks (Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2005), 257–88. (on Zotero)

Watch:

Wednesday: Imperialism — Africa

Listen:

“The Berlin Conference,” BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time, The Berlin Conference, accessed July 21, 2023, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03ffkfd.

Friday: Discussion #7

Read:

  • John Stuart Mill, “On Colonies and Colonization, 1848,” accessed July 21, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1849jsmill-colonies.asp.
  • Capt. F.D. Lugard, “The Rise of Our East African Empire, 1893,” accessed July 21, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1893lugard.asp.
  • Thomas Babington Macaulay, “On Empire and Education,” Internet History Sourcebooks: Modern History, accessed August 8, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1833macaulay-india.asp.
  • Moshweshewe, “Letter to Sir George Grey, 1858 – The Establishment of Basutoland,” Internet History Sourcebooks: Modern History, accessed July 21, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1858basuto.asp.
  • Pierre Loti, “When the Allies Entered Peking, 1900,” accessed July 21, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1900Loti-peking.asp.