If India was still being ruled by the Britishers, there wouldhave surely been much better infrastructurebut it was possible that most of the Indians would have either died in the wars of other countries or would have continued to be slaves of the Britishers living in India. How did Britain...
This chapter looks at the manner in which these categories were created, and the results of such categories in terms of actual colonial rule. It provides correctives to the colonial studies which justified such divisions and examines the legacy of such categories in contemporary India.Mohan, Jyoti...
Why did America become imperialist? In the late nineteenth century, the United States abandoned its century-long commitment to isolationism and became an imperial power. ... Both a desire for new markets for its industrial products and a belief in the racial and cultural superiority of Americans...
How long did the Boxer Rebellion last? How did the Amritsar massacre affect decolonization in British India? How did the French and Indian War spark Pontiac's Rebellion? How was the Stono Rebellion stopped? How did the French Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 differ?
'' , . . It appears that the contents concerning the relations between Korea and Japan and the Korean nationalist movement during Japan's colonial rule over Korea in the MEXT approved Japanese national history textbooks used for high school students from 2008 do not differ greatlyfrom the ...
Britain’s new king, Charles III, will take the reins of this organization composed of former colonies. But the royal family’s leadership of the Commonwealth is no longer a given—here’s why.
His non-violent resistance helped end British rule in India and has influenced modern civil disobedience movements across the globe.
in the 1970s. I look back much further, to the British Empire. In the nineteenth century, colonial administrators in India planned the state-sponsored extermination ofhijrasby sexualising their public femininity as a threat to imperial sovereignty.Hijraswere not trans, but British c...
In 1624,Virginiawent from being a"company colony"to a"crown colony"ruled directly by the king through hisroyal-appointed governor. As thekingdid not pay the governor's salary, theroyal-appointed governorinstructed theHouse of Burgessesto provide his funding. As long as t...
In modern culture The cinema hit of 2001 in India was the film “Lagaan – Once Upon a Time in India.” It tells the story of a poor village suffering under the heel of British colonial rule. After a particularly meager harvest, the villagers ask the British to give them a break on ...