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Imperialism
- Analyses
- Motives and Attitudes
- Celebrations and Objections
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China and the
West
- See East
Asian History Sourcebook
- The
Reception of the First English Ambassador to China,
1792 [At this Site]
- Emperor Qian Long [Ch'ien Lung] (b.1711-1799,
r.1736-1796): Letter
to George III, 1793 [At this Site]
- The People of Canton: Against
the English, 1842 [At this Site]
- Commissioner Lin Cixu [Lin Tse-hsu]: Letter
to the English Ruler [At Brooklyn College] or Shorter
Version [At calyx]
- Commissioner Lin: Letter
to Queen Victoria, 1839 [At this Site]
Another version.
- 2ND
Ellen N. La Motte: The
Opium Monopoly, 1920 [At Drug Library]
- The
Taiping Revellion, 1851-1864, excerpts [At this
Site]
- Emperor Kuang Hsu: Attempted
Reforms, 1898 [At this Site]
- Emperor Kuang Hsu: Abolition
of the Examination System, 1898 [At this
Site]
- Isaac Taylor Headland, 1859-1942: Court
life in China: the capital, its officials and people,
(New York, F.H. Revell, c1909), full text [At
this Site][Full Text]
Contemporary discussion of reform efforts in late
imperial China, with a significant discussion of the
lives of elite women.
- Yan Phou Lee: When
I Went to School in China, 1880 [At
this Site]
A late Confucian education.
- John Hay to Andrew D. White, First
Open Door note on China, Department of State,
Washington, September 6, 1899 [At LSU] or here
[At American Revolution]
- Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941, Emperor 1888-1918): German
Interests in China, 1900 [At HNet]
- Map
of Lost Chinese Territory
- The Atlantic: The
Break-up of China, and Our Interest in It, The
Atlantic Monthly, August, 1899 [At The Atlantic]
- Fei Ch'i-hao: The
Boxer Rebellion, 1900 [At this Site]
A long account of anti-Missionary atrocities by a
Chinese Christian.
- Yao Chen-Yuan: My
Adventures During the Boxer War, 1900
- Pierre Loti: When
the Allies Entered Peking, 1900 [At this Site]
In response to the Boxer rebellion.
- John W. Foster: The
Chinese Boycott, from The Atlantic Monthly,
January 1906 [At this Site]
Criticizes America's discrimination against Chinese
immigrants in America as racist. This behavior incited
a Chinese boycott of American trade.
- Paul S. Reinsch: A
Parliament for China, The Atlantic Monthly,
December, 1909 [At The Atlantic]
- Proclamation
of The Abdication of the Manchus, 1912
[At this Site]
- Ching Chun Wang: A
Plea for the Recognition of the Chinese Republic, The
Atlantic Monthly, January 1913 [At The Atlantic]
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India
Under the British
- WEB Indian
History Sourcebook
- Robert Clive (1725-1774):: The
Battle of Plassey, 1757 [At this Site]
- Robert Clive (1725-1774): Letter
to William Pitt on India, 1759 [At CCNY]
- Robert Clive (1725-1774):: Speech
in Commons on India, 1772 [At
this Site]
- India:
Regulating Act, 1773 [At this Site]
- Edmund Burke (1729-1797): Speech
in Commons on India, 1783 [At this Site]
- Raja Rammohan Roy: A
Second Conference Between an Advocate for, and An
Opponent of the Practice of Burning Widows Alive,
1820 [At WSU]
See also An
Account of Sati from Vikrama's Adventures [At
CCNY]
- Sir William Bentinck (1774-1839): On
Ritual Murder in India , 1829, excerpts [At this
Site]
Bentinck was first Governor-General of India, in 1833.
- Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859): On
Empire and Education, 1830s, [At this Site]
- Mountstuart Elphinstone: Indian
Customs and Manners, 1840 [At this Site]
Includes graphic account of suttee.
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams: Camp
Life in India, 1850 [At this Site]
- Charles Creighton Hazewell: British
India, The Atlantic Monthly, November
1857, [At The Atlantic]
- Charles Creighton Hazewell:
The Indian Revolt, The Atlantic Monthly,
December 1857, [At The Atlantic]
- Elisa Greathed: An
Account of the Opening of the Indian Mutiny at Meerut,
1857 [At this Site]
- Robert Traill Spence Lowell: The
Relief of Lucknow [At this Site]
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams: The
Towers of Silence, 1870 [At this Site]
The Parsee's in Bombay.
- Dadabhai Naoroji: The
Benefits of British Rule, 1871 [At this Site]
- Field Marshal Lord Roberts: When
Queen Victoria Became Empress of India, 1877 [At
this Site]
- Rev. Arthur Male: The
Hill of Bones, Afghanistan 1878 [At this Site]
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Africa
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The Middle East
- See Islamic
History Sourcebook
- Sir Richard Francis Burton: A
Pilgrimage to Mecca, 1853 [At this Site]
- Edmondo de Amicis: One
Day in Morocco, c. 1870 [At this Site]
- The
Story of the Suez Canal, from All the Year
Round, January 8, 1876 [At this Site]
- Alfred Egmont Hake: The
Death of General Gordon at Khartoum, 1885 [At this
Site]
- George E. Thompson: The
Great Market of Tripoli, c. 1890 [At this Site]
- Charles James Wills: A
Persian Wedding, 1885 [At this Site]
- S. G. W. Benjamin: Life
in Persia, 1885 [At this Site]
- Samuel G. Wilson: New
Year's Calls and Gifts, Persia 1895 [At this Site]
- Colonel L. du Couret: Justice
in Arabia, c. 1890 [At this Site]
- Winston S. Churchill: The
Battle of Omdurman, 1898 [At this Site]
- Eustache de Lory: The
Persian Bazaars, 1910 [At this Site]
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The
Japanese Exception
- See East
Asia History Sourcebook
- WEB Guide
to Japan: History. [At Japa guide]
- WEB Meiji
Japan [At Sage.Edu]
- Sarashina:
The Diary of Lady Sarashina (1009-1059)[At Hanover
College]
- Tokugawa Iemitsu: Closed
Country Edict 1635 [At CCNY]
- Kaibara
Ekken or Kaibara Token: Greater Learning for Women,
1762 [At WSU]
- Tsuentomo Yamamoto : The
Way of the Samauri [At CCNY]
- Honda Toshiaki: A
Secret Plan for Government, excerpts,
1798 [At this Site]
- Commodore Matthew Perry: When
We Landed in Japan, 1854 [At this Site]
- Townsend Harris: The
President's Letter [At this Site]
Harris was the first US ambassador to Japan.
- Francis Ottiwell Adams: The
Schools of Japan [At this Site]
Description from the mid 19th century
- Japan: Constitution,
1889 [At Hanover College]
- Sir Edwin Arnold: A
Japanese Dinner Party, 1890 [At this
Site]
- Alice M. Bacon: How
Japanese Ladies Go Shopping, 1890 [At
this Site]
- Lt. Tadayoshi Sakurai: The
Attack upon Port Arthur, 1905 [At this Site]
The Japanese adopted Western Imperialism very quickly.
- Okuma: Fifty
Years of New Japan, 1907-08, excerpts [At
this Site]
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, Pres., 1901-1909): The
Threat of Japan, 1909 [At Mt. Holyoke]
- Natsume Soseki (1867-1916): Kokoro,
translation by Edwin McClellan. [At Eldritch]
- Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904): Writings
on Japan [At Eldritch]
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American
Imperialism
- WEB Documents
Relating to American Foreign Policy--1898-1914,
[At Mt. Holyoke]
- WEB Anti-Imperialism
in the United States 1898-1935 [At Rochester]
A very impressive collection of texts and essays.
Rather excessive emphasis on the creator's ownership
of the material (without alerting readers that all
pre-1923 published material is in the US public
domain).
- Josiah Strong: On
Anglo-Saxon Predominance, 1891 [At Mt. Holyoke]
- Albert Beveridge (1862-1927): The
March of the Flag, September 16, 1898 [At this
Site]
- John Hay to Andrew D. White, First
Open Door note on China, Department of State,
Washington, September 6, 1899 [At LSU] or here
[At American Revolution]
- US
Recognition of Cuban Independence, 1898 [At this
Site]
- Treaty
of Peace Between the United States and Spain, 1898
By which the US acquired Cuba, Puerto Rico and the
Phillipines. [At Yale]
- Edwin Wildman: A
Visit to Aguinaldo, Leader of the Philippine Rebels,
1898 [At this Site]
- R. L. Bullard: Preparing
Our Moros for Government, 1906 [At
this Site]
- The Atlantic: The
Break-up of China, and Our Interest in It, The
Atlantic Monthly, August, 1899 [At The Atlantic]
- The
Platt Amendment, 1901 [At this Site]
- The
Platt Amendment, 1903 [At Mt. Holyoke]
- The Roosevelt Corollary
- Convention
Between the US and Panama (Panama Canal),
1903 [At this Site]
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, Pres., 1901-1909):
Annual Message to Congress 1905
- Francisco Garcia Calder?: Imperialism
of Decadence, 1913 [At this Site]
- Rub? Dar? (1867-1916): To
Roosevelt [At WSU]
- Calvin Coolidge: Intervention
in Nicaragua [At Mt. Holyoke]
- The Philippines
- Timeline
of US Intervention in Latin America [At Kansas]
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