Primary Sources: Colonialism/Decolonization

See Volume 2, Chapter 4 for decolonization.

See much of the rest of both volumes for imperialism.

Primary documents & explanations covering the empires from 1200-1750. Includes some of the rulers of empires including Genghis Khan. Also intercultural contact between Muslim Turks and Christians and Jews.

This anthology of primary material brings together literary and non-literary texts from the eighteenth-century focusing on issues including commerce and colonialism.

1 The British Empire and the Development of Science in Its Colonies
2 Science in the French Colonies
3 The Development of Science in Portugal and Colonial Latin America
4 Science in the Ottoman World
5 Against an Empire: Science in Southeastern Europe during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
6 The Birth of an Empire: Science in the United States during the Nineteenth Century
7 The Science of a Lost Empire and Its Internal Colonies: The Case of Russia
8 The Transmission of Western Chemistry into China, 1840-1900

Imperialism in the Modern World combines narrative, primary and secondary sources, and visual documents to examine global relations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

King Leopold of Belgium's exploits up the Congo River in the 1880s were central to the European partitioning of the African continent.

Documents regarding revolutions in:
Spain, France, Great Britain, United States, Haiti, Latin America, Mexico, Brazil.

See Thematic Table of Contents on page xli
Art - Bangladesh Formation - Caste - Christianity - Constitution - Democracy - East/West Comparisons - Economics - Education - Foreign Relations Post 1947 - Gandhi - Hindu Nationalism - Hindu Muslim Relations - Indian Nationalism and the Evaluation of British Rule - Kashmir - Language - Law - The Left (Communism, Marxism, etc) - Marathas - Mughal Decline - Muslim Nationalism - Nuclear Power - Religious Movements - Secularism - Self Determination - Sikhs - Uprising of 1857 - Violence & Non-Violence - Women

2 Volumes

Volume 1: through 1500s
Volume 2: 1500s - present

A rich collection of primary sources combines the voices of the colonized and the colonizers in Africa, Asia, and throughout the world to recapture the intensity and variety of the independence struggles.

Contains documents in the following areas:
Overseas expansion in Asia, Africa, Europe & Americas
Atlantic World Encounters
State & Religion
Women, Marriage & Family: China & Europe
Scientific Revolution
Enlightenment & Revolution: Europe, Americas, India
Capitalism & Industrial Revolution
Colonization: Europe in Africa & Asia
Westernization & Nationalism: Japan, India & the West
World War I
World War II
Cold War
New Democracy Movements
Globalization