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“To Start a Bank in China”: Teaching Nineteenth-Century Transnational Businesses
Discussion of teaching the development of nineteenth-century transnational businesses
“To Marry Egypt to Liberty and Independence”: Teaching the Egyptian Revolution of 1919
Discussion of teaching the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
Monthly Digest: March 2025
Monthly digest for March 2025
Teaching the Spread of Nineteenth Century “Free Trade” with Cartoons
Discussion of using political cartoons to teach the spread of free trade in Britain
“Rid Ourselves of the Vampire”: The Irish Fight for Independence and Its Global Impact
Discussion of teaching the Irish Revolution as part of the origins of decolonization
“Our Postcards of Pain”: Teaching the Anticolonial Protests of 1919
Discussion of teaching the Jallianwala Bagh (Amritsar) Massacre and the anticolonial protests of 1919
“Foreign Customs are Now Generally Understood Throughout Japan”: Foreign Influence on Japanese Reform in the Nineteenth Century
Discussion of how the Japanese understood foreign influences
“Successfully Compete with the British”: Contemporary Accounts of Muhammad Ali’s Industrial Experiment
Discussion of teaching Egypt as an example of state-sponsored industrialization
Steamships and the Hajj
Discussion of teaching the effects of steamships on Islam
“Steel is the Mother of Industry”: Teaching the Second Industrial Revolution in Japan
Discussion of the Second Industrial Revolution in Japan
