Colonies and Colonialism
A colony is a political and administrative unit that is under the political control of another, usually geographically distant, entity. The controlling entity has been called ...
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In the following extract, Howe explores the depiction of British men and women in India in Victorian novels, focusing on the representation of women, younger sons, missionaries, and Anglo-Indians.
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In the following extract, Green examines the different forms of heroism represented in popular boys' fiction during the nineteenth century.
Tolstoy gives us the sense—proper to high c...
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In the following essay, McClure compares Kipling and Conrad to explore the conflicting racist and anti-imperialism discourses that inform their fictional works.
Serious fiction, as M. M. Bakhtin te...
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In the following essay, Spivak examines Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea, and Frankenstein to reveal the manner in which imperialist ideology structures the expression of nineteenth-century feminist indiv...
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In the following essay, Sullivan argues that though the imperial subject was constructed in monolithic patriarchal and racist terms, the multiple discourses of imperialism disrupted this construction ...
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In the book-length study excerpted below, Brantlinger examines the genre he identifies as "imperial gothic," which uses spiritualism to emphasize the themes of regression, invasion, and ...
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In the following extract, Richards explores the connections between the discourses of morphology and monstrosity in Victorian fiction.
This chapter is about the place of monstrosity in the nineteen...
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European Colonialism had a similar impact on South Asia, Africa, and the Americas in that it changed the regions' infrastructures, social systems, and governments. This impact is still shown tod...
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Europe expanded in the 15th and 16th century due to exploration and conquering of territory, mainly on other continents. Advances in learning and technology increased Europe's ability to do so, creat...
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Motivation for Expansion
During the nineteenth century, the Industrial Revolution gave certain countries in Western Europe a big boost of economic power. France, Britain, Italy, and Germany emerged ...
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy called his country's past colonial system "profoundly unjust" Monday in a step toward ending decades of rancor with Algeria, once the crown jewel among French colon...
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North Dakota now is among about a dozen states where beekeepers report some of their bees are buzzing away from hives for good.Judy Carlson, the apiary inspector for the state Agriculture Departmen...
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The Freedom Trail in Boston, Valley Forge in Pennsylvania and George Washington's home in Mount Vernon, Va., are among the better-known sites for travelers interested in American colonial...
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Researchers are studying a colony of bats that live in an underground concrete structure at the Hanford nuclear reservation in hopes of determining how to provide a new home for them once the struc...
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(Reuters) - Voters in Bermuda, Britain's oldest
colony, went to the polls Tuesday to choose a new
government. Here are some key facts about Bermuda. GEOGRAPHY - Bermuda consists of a group of 138 ...
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(Reuters) - The British territory of Bermuda will
hold general elections on Dec. 18. Here are some key facts about Bermuda. GEOGRAPHY - Bermuda consists of a group of 138 coral
islands and islets ...
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President Vladimir Putin took a war of words with London to new heights Tuesday, angrily dismissing British demands for the extradition of the sole suspect in the murder of former KGB agent Alexand...
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Kevin Na didn't let a 17 1/2-hour delay break his momentum. Na birdied his first full hole when he resumed a rain-delayed first round Friday morning, and went on to finish at 7-under 63 and share t...
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Researchers believe they may be able to use DNA to help uncover the fate of the Lost Colony, which vanished a few years after more than 100 people settled on Roanoke Island in 1587."The Lost Colony...
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Hong Kong (dpa) - The Hong Kong government Wednesday secured
victory over protestors as it won approval to dismantle a piece of
its colonial history, the Queen's Pier on Vic...
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Colonies and Colonialism
Susanne Howe
Effect of Colonialism on South Asia, Africa, and the Americas
Sarkozy says French colonial era unjust
