Ms. Taylor
Imperialism Scrapbook
2003-04

General Imperialism Links

SFPL Database: Student Resource Center
San Francisco Public Library: Electronic Resources
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Internet Modern History Sourcebook:
Imperialism

The Age of Imperialism

History of Imperialism
Check out this site. It is an exhaustive list of links divided by region regarding imperialism.

Imperialism and Colonialism
Imperialism Resources

The first set of links deal specifically with the culture and history of India. The second set contains Web sites about various African nations. And the third contain resources on imperialism in Africa.


Africa

Scramble for Africa

European Imperialism

French in West Africa

Consensus and Dissent in the Horn of Africa
Scroll down to where the article begins to talk about different countries in the Horn of Africa.

Role of Women in South Africa's Independence

Modern History Sourcebook:
Edward Morel:
The Black Man's Burden, 1903

This piece explains arguments against imperialism written by a white man but from the perspective of a black man.

Modern History Sourcebook:
Capt. F. D. Lugard:
The Rise of Our East African Empire, 1893

This piece lays out the arguments for imperialism from the viewpoint of a colonizer.

Asia

Emergence Of Modern China
European Imperialism and Opium Wars

Emergence Of Modern China: III
100 Days Reform and Republican Revolution (China)

Imperialism in Asia: Wikipedia

Encyclopedia: Imperialism in Asia
Asia and India

India

The East India Company

Mahatma Ghandi

Modern History Sourcebook:
Dadabhai Naoroji:
The Benefits of British Rule, 1871

This piece explains arguments for and against British rule in India, but this person definitely believes British rule was more beneficial than not.

Encyclopedia: Imperialism in Asia
Asia and India

Latin America

Were the Spanish That Cruel?
Here is information about the Spanish conquest and the effect upon the Native population.

The Concord Review: End of an Empire: The Spanish Conquest of Mexico
Information about the Aztecs, the Spanish, Cortes, Cozumel and the Yucatan, and Tenochtitlan during the 15th century.

Wikipedia: Spanish Colonization of the Americas

Anti-Imperialism

Online History of the United States: Age of Imperialism
Latin America, China and the Philippines

The Growth of American Imperialism
Look through the 8 pages linked at the bottom of the first page.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: 19th Century Latin America

Imperialism in Central America

Primary Sources
Poems
Song
Political Cartoons
Newspaper Articles
Advertisements
Quotes
Pictures
Stories
Speeches
General Primary Sources

British Colonial Rule in Urhoboland (1891-1960)

British Imperialism in Nigeria

The "New" Imperialism

Modern History Sourcebook: Anthony Trollope: The Diamond Fields of South Africa, 1870

 

Latin America

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Colonial Latin America

History Wiz: Latin American Imperialism

Hanover Historical Texts Project

History 266: World History from the Renaissance to Imperialism

India
India Turns: The Times Looks Back

Philippines

The American Filipino War

The World of 1898: The Spanish American War

Congo
The Belgian Congo

Africa

Imperialism in Africa Readings

 

Australia

Australia Downunder

History of the Aborigines

Sidney Founded

The Aborigines

History of Sidney Australia

 

Caribbean and South America

Caribbean Map

Cuban History

Latin America, to 1700: Spanish America

Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean

Afro-Latin American and Afro-Caribbean Identity: An Interpretation