British in India

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1772clive-india.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1783Burke-india.html

What are these speakers' concerns about the British administration of India? What do they see as the benefits of British control? What do they see as its drawbacks?

German Imperialism

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1901kaiser.html

What does this short excerpt from Kaiser Wilhelm II explain about the German imperialist motives?
Compare that text to the memoirs of a soldier in the German South African army:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1904freesen.html. What does the soldier think of his mission? Of the natives he encounters in battle? Is there any common ideological ground between these two texts? If so, what is it?

Interpretations of Imperialism

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1918schumpeter1.html

What does this author from the era think about imperialism? How does he explain its growth? What does this text explain about Western culture and its inclination toward conquest during this era?

The Spread of the English Language

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1833macaulay-india.html

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/gandhi.html
What did Macauley think of the languages indigenous to the Indian subcontinent? What advantages did he argue that English had over Arabic and Sanskrit? Do you agree with his reasoning?
What was Gandhi's view of the English-based Indian educational system? Why was he opposed to using the English language in Indian school? What language did he believe should be used in the schools and courts?

Ottoman Empire

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1799Ottomans.html

How does this excerpt from A Survey of the Turkish Empire describe Turkish military power? What impresses the author about the Turks? What does he deride? What does this text tell us about Western perceptions of the Turks in 1799?
Now read this text from an American doctor written in 1907:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/1907turkishbread.html. How does this Westerner feel about the Turks? Does there seem to be any change in Western reactions to the Ottoman Empire over the course of a century? If so, how would you describe that change?