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| On Empire and Education | ||
| Thomas McCauley argues in favor of making English the language of education for British India. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1833macaulay-india.html ) | ||
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| Indian Home Rule | ||
| Gandhi argues against British rule (and in favor of Hindi as the language of India). Note that this document is also used in Internet exercise four on chapter 36 of the companion website to the second edition. Considering how well it ties into the contexts and connections box for this chapter, it belongs here. ( http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/gandhi.html ) | ||
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| Imperialism | ||
| John Hobson's classic critique of imperialism and its motives. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1902hobson.html ) | ||
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| The Black Man's Burden | ||
| Edward Morel's counterargument to Kipling's "White Man's Burden." ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1903blackburden.html ) | ||
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| An Account of the Opening of the Indian Mutiny at Meerut, 1857 | ||
| Firsthand account of the Sepoy Mutiny. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1857greathed.html ) | ||
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| Letter from Thedore Roosevelt to Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan | ||
| Confidential letter from Theodore Roosevelt calling for the immediate annexation of Hawai'i. ( http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/trmahan.htm ) | ||
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| Why Britain Acquired Egypt in 1882 | ||
| The Earl of Cromer's argues in 1908 that Britain took control of Egypt for geopolitical reasons. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1908cromer.html ) | ||
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| Treaty of Commerce and Navigation Between the United States and the Ottoman Empire; Febru... | ||
| Commercial accord between the U.S. and the Ottoman Empire. ( http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/ottomans/ot1862.htm ) | ||
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| The Reception of the First English Ambassador to China, 1792 | ||
| Account of Lord MacArtney's first meeting with the Chinese emperor at which the English ambassador refused to kowtow. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1792macartney.html ) | ||
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| The People of Canton: Against the English, 1842 | ||
| Popular statement against British imperialism in China. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1842canton.html ) | ||
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