new imperialism
“Do not Mention the Word Surrender”: New Imperialism and the Persistence of Resistance in French Indochina
Cambodians and Vietnamese repeatedly challenged French imperialism
“A Situation of Complete Inertia and a Widespread Apathy”: Teaching Everyday Resistance to French Imperialism in Senegal in the 1920s and 1930s
What were the weapons of the weak in French Senegal?
British Justifications for Colonizing Southeast Asia
Teaching how the British justified imperialism in Southeast Asia
“Freedom of Trade in Opium”: Teaching Opium Production and Trade in the Late Nineteenth Century
Discussion of late nineteenth-century opium economy in Anatolia, Persia, and Southeast Asia
“They All Must Have Opium”: The Diversity of the British Opium Trade
Discussion of Teaching Indian Opium Production
“Opium Was One of Those Things”: Rethinking How We Teach the Nineteenth-Century Opium Trade
Discussion of teaching the nineteenth-century opium trade
“Singing Two Different Lullabies at the Same Time”: Using Political Cartoons to Teach British Palestine, 1936-1948
Discussion of Palestinian and Jewish political cartoons from the 1930s and 1940s
“Palestine Is Our Ever-Memorable Historic Home”: The Development of Zionism and the First Zionists in Ottoman Palestine
Discussion of teaching the origins of Zionism
Discussing the Legacy of New Imperialism in the Classroom
Discussion of an end of unit activity on New Imperialism
“We the Natives of Togo”: Polite Resistance to Imperialism in German Togoland
An example of elite resistance in Togoland to German imperialism
