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 several names over time, including colonizer,...

What counts as a disciplinary scandal usually exposes revealing fault-lines in its sense of collective *identity. So it is with anthropological scandals which periodically bring the discipline’s collective anxieties to the attention of a wider...

When most of the world’s colonial dependencies attained independence as sovereign nation-states in the middle of the twentieth century, it seemed that an epoch had ended logically as well as historically. Colonies had been particular forms of...

Anthropological studies, which have now been going on for more than fifty years, in *Africa, the *Pacific, *Southeast and *South Asia, and in Amerindian societies have considerably modified the terms of the debate. Researchers are now more interested...

See colony and colonization for examples of colonialism which do not refer to Western colonialism. The Pith helmet (in this case, of the Second French Empire) is an iconic representation of colonialism. Colonialism is the extension of a nation's...

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 colonies.France in the past has steadfastly rebuffed entreaties, notably from Algeria, to apologize for an era...

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 Department, said North Dakota beekeepers are returning to the state after using their bees...

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 history. But did you know that the nation's colonial history...

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 structure is demolished.The large clearwell near the Columbia River was once used...

In the following extract, Green examines the different forms of heroism represented in popular boys' fiction during the nineteenth century.

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 the lack of British heroism. In this excerpt, the critic argues that the genre is symptomatic of the gradual disintegration of British imperialism towards the end of the nineteenth century.

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 individualism.

This essay discusses the effects of colonialism on South Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

This essay discusses the exploration and trade of Europe, Africa, and America.

Explains the motives behind European expansion during the 18th and 19th centuries. Discusses how colonization gave western Europe an economic boost. Analyzes other reasons behind the quest for new colonies.