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Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Imperialism
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Imperialism
- Analyses
- John A. Hobson (1858-1940): Imperialism, 1902, excerpts
[At this Site]
-
John A. Hobson (1858-1940): The
Economic Parasites of Imperialism [At Marxists.org]
-
Vladimir Illyich Lenin (1870-1924): Imperialism and the Split in
Socialism, 1916 [At Marxists.Org][Full Text]
- Vladimir Illyich Lenin (1870-1924): Imperialism,
The Highest Stage of Capitalism, 1916, [Full text][At this Site]
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Vladimir Illyich Lenin (1870-1924): Imperialism, The Highest Stage of
Capitalism, 1916 [At Marxists.org][Full Text]
- Joseph A. Schumpeter: The Sociology of Imperialism,
1918 [At this Site]
- Extent of European
Colonialism in Statistical Terms [Was At Mt. Holyoke, now Internet Archive]
- Motives and Attitudes
- Celebrations and Objections
- British Imperialistic Anthems [At this Site][with
multimedia]
- John Stuart Mill: On Colonies and Colonization,
1848 [At this Site]
- Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936): The White Man's Burden, 1899 [At
this Site]
- Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936): If [At this Site]
- James Henry Breasted (1865-1935): The Conquest of Civilization
(selections), 1926 [At WHA] [Internet Archive version here]
- Edward Morel: The Black Man's Burden, 1903,
excerpts [At this Site]
- Joseph Conrad (1857-1924): Heart of Darkness, 1902, short extracts [Was At WSU, now Internet Archive]
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924): Heart of Darkness, 1902, full text [Project Gutenberg]
- WEB Jim Zwick: The White Man's Burden and Its Critics [At CUNY] [Internet Archive version here]
A really excellent guide to responses at the time, with the texts of poems and .
- The American Anti Imperialist League Platform, 1899 [At
this Site]
-
George Orwell (1903-1950): Shooting
an Elephant [At Online Literature][Full Text] [Internet Archive version here]
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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 [Was At BC, now Internet Archive]
- Commissioner Lin: Letter to Queen Victoria, 1839 [At this
Site]
Another version.
- 2ND Ellen N. La Motte: The Opium Monopoly,
1920 [At Drug Library] [Internet Archive version here]
- 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]
[Internet Archive version here]
- Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941, Emperor 1888-1918): German Interests in China, 1900 [Was At H-Net, now Internet Archive]
- Map of Lost Chinese Territory [Was at BC, now Internet Archive]
- Wikipedia: Concessions in China
List and maps.
- The Atlantic: The
Break-up of China, and Our Interest in It, The Atlantic Monthly, August, 1899
[At The Atlantic] [Internet Archive version here]
- 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 [At this
Site]
- 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 [Was At The Atlantic, now Internet Archive]
- 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 [Was At The Atlantic, now Internet Archive]
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India under the British
- See Indian History Sourcebook
- Robert Clive (1725-1774): The Battle of Plassey, 1757
[At this Site]
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Robert Clive (1725-1774): Letter to William Pitt on India, 1759 [Was At Oswego, now Internet Archive]
- 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 [Was At WSU, now Internet Archive]
See also
An Account
of Sati from Vikrama's Adventures [Was at CCNY, now Internet Archive]
- 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 [Was At The Atlantic, now Internet Archive]
- Charles Creighton Hazewell: The Indian Revolt, The
Atlantic Monthly, December 1857 [Was At The Atlantic, now Internet Archive]
- 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
- See African History Sourcebook
- Wikipedia: New Imperialism
- WEB South African War Virtual Library [Internet Archive version here]
- Chief Moshweshewe: Letter to Sir George Grey, 1858 [On the
establishment of Basutoland][At this Site]
- Paul du Chaillu: Travels in Africa, 1868-1870 [At
this Site]
- Anthony Trollope: The Diamond Fields of South
Africa, 1870 [At this Site]
- Sir Henry M. Stanley: How I Found Livingstone, 1871 [At
this Site]
- Charles Dudley Warner: Up the Cataracts of the Nile, 1875
[At this Site]
- Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941, Emperor 1888-1918): A
Place in the Sun, 1901 [At this Site]
A speech calling for Germany to have an overseas empire. Africa was the target.
- Roger Casement (1864–1916): The Casement Report Correspondence and Report from His Majesty's Consul at Boma Respecting the Administration of the Independent State of the Congo 1904 full text [Project Gutenberg]
"The Casement Report [Wikipedia] detailed abuses in the Congo Free State which was under the private ownership of King Leopold II of Belgium. This report was instrumental in Leopold finally relinquishing his private holdings in Africa. Leopold had held ownership of the Congolese state since 1885, granted to him by the Berlin Conference, in which he exploited its natural resources (mostly rubber) for his own private wealth. "
- Gustave Freensen: In The German South African Army,
1903-1904 [At this Site]
- 2ND David Wiley: Using "Tribe" to Misunderstand Africa , [Was At Wisconsin, now Internet Archive]
- 2ND Stephen Wooten: The French in West Africa [At
U Penn] [Internet Archive version here]
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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
- WEB Primary Sources: JAPAN [At Asia for Educators-Columbia University] [Internet Archive version here]
A really good collection of primary sources translated specially for teaching purposes.
- 2ND Guide
to Japan: History [At Japan guide] [Internet Archive version here]
- WEB Meiji Japan [Was At Sage, now Internet Archive]
- Wikipedia: Japanese Colonial Empire
- Sarashina: The Diary of
Lady Sarashina (1009-1059) [At Hanover College]
- Tokugawa Iemitsu: Closed Country Edict 1635 [At WFU] [Internet Archive version here]
- Kaibara Ekken or Kaibara Token: Greater Learning for Women, 1762 [Was At WSU, now Internet Archive]
-
Tsuentomo Yamamoto : The Way of the Samauri [Was At CCNY. now Internet Archive]
- 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]
Okuma
suggests the Japanse behave like "Anglo-Saxons."
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, Pres., 1901-1909): The Threat of Japan 1909 [Was At
Mt. Holyoke, now Internet Archive]
-
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916): Kokoro,
translation by Edwin McClellan. [At ibiblio] [Internet Archive version here]
-
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904): Writings
on Japan [At ibiblio] [Internet Archive version here]
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American Imperialism
- WEB Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy--1898-1914, [Was At Mt. Holyoke, now Internet Archive]
- Wikipedia: American Imperialism
- Josiah Strong: On Anglo-Saxon Predominance, 1891 [Was At Mt. Holyoke, now Internet Archive]
- Albert Beveridge (1862-1927): The March of the Flag,
September 16, 1898 [At this Site]
- WEB Jim Zwick: The White Man's Burden and Its Critics [At CUNY] [Internet Archive version here]
A really excellent guide to responses at the time, with the texts of poems and other literature in response to Kipling's poem.
- The American Anti Imperialist League Platform, 1899 [At
this Site]
- Latin America
- Timeline of US Intervention in Latin America [Was At Kansas, now Internet Archive]
- Monroe Doctrine, 1823 [At Yale] [Internet Archive version here] and here [At American Revolution] [Internet Archive version here]
- 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]
- Rubén Darío (1867-1916): To Roosevelt [Was At WSU, now Internet Archive]
- US Recognition of Cuban Independence, 1898 [At this Site]
- Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain, 1898 [At Yale] [Internet Archive version here]
By which the US acquired Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Phillipines.
The Platt Amendment, 1901 [At this Site]
- 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]
- Calvin Coolidge: Intervention in Nicaragua [Was At Mt. Holyoke, now Internet Archive]
- China
- The Philippines
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