Readers have found religious and political allegory, existential enquiry, social satire, economic analysis, and representations of American imperialism, industrial relations and racial conflict. As Ishmael chases meaning and Ahab chases the...
Why was Great Britain willing to compromise over the Oregon Territory? Why didn't Japan expand into Ezo? Why did America engage in New Imperialism? Why did business owners in Hawaii favor annexation? Why did they build the Canadian Pacific Railway?
Why did Europe colonize Africa during the New Imperialism? Why was the Triple Entente formed? Why did Britain sign the Entente Cordiale? Why did France declare war on Austria in 1792? Why did so many countries get dragged into World War I after Austria declared war on Serbia?
RADHIKA DESAI: Well, I only make a tiny correction to that. NATO was never a defensive. It was always an offensive alliance, right from the beginning, from the day the United States entered the scene, because originally, Britain and France were going to make a so...
One of the most remarkable features of Equiano’s story is his use of African origins to establish his credibility as a critic of European imperialism in Africa. Recent research, however, has raised questions about whether Equiano was born an Igbo (Ibo) in Africa, as he claims in his ...
important in Macedonia as in Plato’s Athens. Between their actions at Troy, their closeness, Alexander’s great grief at Hephaestion’s death, and how common openly male homosexual relationships were in ancient Greece, there is no reason to think their relationship was anything other than ...
Why was India colonized during the Age of Imperialism? What was the reason for the Partition of India? Why was the Sepoy Rebellion a turning point in India? Why did the Partition of India cause violence? Why was the Partition of India important?
to overthrow the pressure on the Chinese people's head of imperialism, feudalism and bureaucratic capitalism three mountain, established the new China, realize the national independence and liberation, national unity and social stability. During the period of socialist revolution and construction, the Ch...
Because silk was exported in large quantities via this road
Why did African resistance to European imperialism fail? Why did the Dual Monarchy fail to end nationalist demands? Why was totalitarianism important in WWII? Why was anarchism strong in Italy? Why did the Spanish Revolution fail? Why did the British aristocracy decline? Why did the feudal system...