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Imperialism
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Imperialism
- Analyses
- Motives and Attitudes
- Celebrations and Objections
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China and the West
- See East Asian
History Sourcebook
- The Reception of the First English Ambassador to China,
1792 [At this Site]
- Emperor Qian Long [Ch'ien Lung] (b.1711-1799, r.1736-1796): Letter to George III, 1793 [At this Site]
- The People of Canton: Against the English, 1842 [At
this Site]
- Commissioner Lin Cixu [Lin Tse-hsu]: Letter to the
English Ruler [At Brooklyn College] or Shorter Version [At calyx]
- Commissioner Lin: Letter to Queen Victoria, 1839 [At this
Site]
Another version.
- 2ND Ellen N. La Motte: The Opium Monopoly,
1920 [At Drug Library]
- The Taiping Rebellion, 1851-1864, excerpts [At this Site]
- Emperor Kuang Hsu: Attempted
Reforms, 1898 [At this Site]
- Emperor Kuang Hsu: Abolition
of the Examination System, 1898 [At this Site]
- Isaac Taylor Headland, 1859-1942: Court life in
China: the capital, its officials and people, (New York, F.H. Revell, c1909), full
text [At this Site][Full Text]
Contemporary discussion of reform efforts in late imperial China, with a significant
discussion of the lives of elite women.
- Yan Phou Lee: When I Went to School in China, 1880
[At this Site]
A late Confucian education.
- John Hay to Andrew D. White, First Open Door note on
China, Department of State, Washington, September 6, 1899 [At American Revolution]
- Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941, Emperor 1888-1918): German Interests in
China, 1900 [At H-Net]
- Map of Lost
Chinese Territory
- The Atlantic: The
Break-up of China, and Our Interest in It, The Atlantic Monthly, August, 1899
[At The Atlantic, subscription required]
- Fei Ch'i-hao: The Boxer Rebellion, 1900 [At this
Site]
A long account of anti-Missionary atrocities by a Chinese Christian.
- Yao Chen-Yuan: My Adventures During the Boxer War,
1900
- Pierre Loti: When the Allies Entered Peking, 1900 [At
this Site]
In response to the Boxer rebellion.
- John W. Foster: The
Chinese Boycott, from The Atlantic Monthly, January 1906 [At this Site]
Criticizes America's discrimination against Chinese immigrants in America as racist. This
behavior incited a Chinese boycott of American trade.
- Paul S. Reinsch: A Parliament for
China, The Atlantic Monthly, December, 1909 [At The Atlantic, subscription required]
- Proclamation of The Abdication of the Manchus, 1912
[At this Site]
- Ching Chun Wang: A
Plea for the Recognition of the Chinese Republic, The Atlantic Monthly,
January 1913 [At The Atlantic, subscription required]
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India Under the British
- WEB Indian History Sourcebook
- Robert Clive (1725-1774):: The Battle of Plassey, 1757
[At this Site]
-
Robert Clive (1725-1774): Letter to William
Pitt on India, 1759 [At Oswego]
- Robert Clive (1725-1774):: Speech in Commons on India,
1772 [At this Site]
- India: Regulating Act, 1773 [At this Site]
- Edmund Burke (1729-1797): Speech in Commons on India,
1783 [At this Site]
- Raja Rammohan Roy: A
Second Conference Between an Advocate for, and An Opponent of the Practice of Burning
Widows Alive, 1820 [At WSU]
See also
An Account
of Sati from Vikrama's Adventures [At Internet Archive, from CCNY]
- Sir William Bentinck (1774-1839): On Ritual Murder in India ,
1829, excerpts [At this Site]
Bentinck was first Governor-General of India, in 1833.
- Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859): On Empire and
Education, 1830s, [At this Site]
- Mountstuart Elphinstone: Indian Customs and
Manners, 1840 [At this Site]
Includes graphic account of suttee.
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams: Camp Life in India, 1850
[At this Site]
- Charles Creighton Hazewell: British India, The
Atlantic Monthly, November 1857, [At The Atlantic, subscription required]
- Charles Creighton Hazewell: The Indian Revolt, The
Atlantic Monthly, December 1857, [At The Atlantic, subscription required]
- Elisa Greathed: An Account of the Opening of the Indian
Mutiny at Meerut, 1857 [At this Site]
- Robert Traill Spence Lowell: The Relief of Lucknow [At this Site]
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams: The Towers of Silence,
1870 [At this Site]
The Parsee's in Bombay.
- Dadabhai Naoroji: The Benefits of British Rule, 1871
[At this Site]
- Field Marshal Lord Roberts: When Queen Victoria
Became Empress of India, 1877 [At this Site]
- Rev. Arthur Male: The
Hill of Bones, Afghanistan 1878 [At this Site]
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Africa
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The Middle East
- See Islamic History
Sourcebook
- Sir Richard Francis Burton: A Pilgrimage to Mecca, 1853
[At this Site]
- Edmondo de Amicis: One Day in Morocco, c. 1870 [At this
Site]
- The Story of the Suez
Canal, from All the Year Round, January 8, 1876 [At this Site]
- Alfred Egmont Hake: The
Death of General Gordon at Khartoum, 1885 [At this Site]
- George E. Thompson: The
Great Market of Tripoli, c. 1890 [At this Site]
- Charles James Wills: A Persian Wedding, 1885 [At this Site]
- S. G. W. Benjamin: Life
in Persia, 1885 [At this Site]
- Samuel G. Wilson: New
Year's Calls and Gifts, Persia 1895 [At this Site]
- Colonel L. du Couret: Justice in Arabia,
c. 1890 [At this Site]
- Winston S. Churchill: The Battle of Omdurman,
1898 [At this Site]
- Eustache de Lory: The
Persian Bazaars, 1910 [At this Site]
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The Japanese Exception
- See East Asia
History Sourcebook
-
2ND Guide
to Japan: History. [At Japan guide]
-
WEB Meiji Japan [At Internet Archive, from Sage.Edu]
- Sarashina: The Diary of
Lady Sarashina (1009-1059)[At Hanover College]
- Tokugawa Iemitsu: Closed Country Edict 1635 [At WFU]
- Kaibara
Ekken or Kaibara Token: Greater Learning for Women, 1762 [At WSU]
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Tsuentomo Yamamoto : The Way of the Samauri [At Internet Archive, from CCNY]
- Honda Toshiaki: A Secret Plan for Government,
excerpts, 1798 [At this Site]
- Commodore Matthew Perry: When We Landed in Japan,
1854 [At this Site]
- Townsend Harris: The President's Letter [At this Site]
Harris was the first US ambassador to Japan.
- Francis Ottiwell Adams: The Schools of Japan [At
this Site]
Description from the mid 19th century
- Japan: Constitution, 1889
[At Hanover College]
- Sir Edwin Arnold: A Japanese Dinner Party, 1890
[At this Site]
- Alice M. Bacon: How Japanese Ladies Go Shopping, 1890
[At this Site]
- Lt. Tadayoshi Sakurai: The Attack upon Port Arthur,
1905 [At this Site]
The Japanese adopted Western Imperialism very quickly.
- Okuma: Fifty Years of New Japan, 1907-08, excerpts
[At this Site]
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, Pres., 1901-1909): The Threat of Japan, 1909 [At
Mt. Holyoke]
-
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916): Kokoro,
translation by Edwin McClellan. [At ibiblio]
-
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904): Writings
on Japan [At ibiblio]
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American Imperialism
- WEB Documents Relating to American
Foreign Policy--1898-1914, [At Mt. Holyoke]
-
WEB Anti-Imperialism in the United
States 1898-1935 [At Boon Docks Net]
A very impressive collection of texts and essays. Rather excessive emphasis on the
creator's ownership of the material (without alerting readers that all pre-1923 published
material is in the US public domain).
- Josiah Strong: On
Anglo-Saxon Predominance, 1891 [At Mt. Holyoke]
- Albert Beveridge (1862-1927): The March of the Flag,
September 16, 1898 [At this Site]
- John Hay to Andrew D. White, First Open Door note on
China, Department of State, Washington, September 6, 1899 [At American Revolution]
- US Recognition of Cuban Independence, 1898 [At this
Site]
-
Treaty of Peace Between
the United States and Spain, 1898
By which the US acquired Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Phillipines. [At Yale]
- Edwin Wildman: A Visit to Aguinaldo, Leader of the
Philippine Rebels, 1898 [At this Site]
- R. L. Bullard: Preparing Our Moros for Government, 1906
[At this Site]
- The Atlantic: The
Break-up of China, and Our Interest in It, The Atlantic Monthly, August, 1899
[At The Atlantic, subscription required]
- The Platt Amendment, 1901 [At this Site]
- The Platt Amendment, 1903
[At Mt. Holyoke]
- The Roosevelt Corollary
- Convention Between the US and Panama (Panama Canal), 1903
[At this Site]
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, Pres., 1901-1909): Annual Message to Congress 1905
- Francisco Garcia Calderón: Imperialism of Decadence,
1913 [At this Site]
- Rubén Darío (1867-1916): To
Roosevelt [At WSU]
- Calvin Coolidge: Intervention
in Nicaragua [At Mt. Holyoke]
- The Philippines
-
Timeline of US
Intervention in Latin America [At Internet Archive, from Kansas]
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