This increased my natural hatred of authority and made me for the firs t time fully aware of the existence of the working classes, and the job in Burma had given me some understanding of the nature of imperialism; but these experiences were not enough to give me an accurate political ...
And then, as Michael pointed out in his Super Imperialism, it was the refusal of the United States to essentially turn those loans into grants, as, for example, Britain had done with Austria in the case of the Napoleonic Wars, if you’re going to war with allie...
Against the backdrop of racial tensions in the South, Angelou confronted the traumatic events of her childhood and explored the evolution of her strong identity as an African American woman. Her individual and cultural feelings of displacement were mediated through her passion for literature, which ...
Alexander’s imperialism gets an interesting treatment in modern versions. The newNetflix seriesspends far more screen time on Alexander’s campaign against Persia, which positions him as a sort of David against Goliath, than it does on his campaigns in Egypt, and it barely mentions his conquest...
Why did nations pursue New Imperialism after the 1850s? Why did the federal government want a Transcontinental Railroad built? Why did Texas request annexation? Why were northern states against the annexation of Texas? Why did Americans, of European descent, feel so compelled to expand the...
These seemingly unrelated images take us on a tour of a sperm whale’s head in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick.”On the surface, the book is the story of Captain Ahab’s hunt for revenge against Moby Dick, the white whale...
Why were chartered companies important to British imperialism in India? Why was the Dutch East India Company formed? Why did the U.S. fight the Indian Wars? Why was Spain against the independence of Mexico? Why was serfdom abolished in India?
This increased my natural hatred of authority and made me for the firs t time fully aware of the existence of the working classes, and the job in Burma had given me some understanding of the nature of imperialism; but these experiences were not enough to give me an accurate political ...
His regime, although riddled with corruption and socialist in name only, still retains a sense of itself as a “revolutionary” force, standing up to American imperialism and its supporters within Venezuela. It also can take heart from the fact that it enjoys the support ofRussia and China, ...
Students have long agitated against war. Students often find themselves in the grip of passionate radical intensity. Look at the Vietnam era, says every columnist in Christendom, as if the Gaza camp were just another explosion of youthful anti-imperialism. The wilful naivety ...