Southeast Asia
“They Have Deprived our People of Every Democratic Liberty”: 1945 and the End of Empire
Teaching the origins of decolonization in 1945
“Colonialism in All Its Manifestations is an Evil”: The Bandung Conference and Anti-Imperial Solidarity
Teaching anti-imperial solidarity using the Bandung Conference
“Do not Mention the Word Surrender”: New Imperialism and the Persistence of Resistance in French Indochina
Cambodians and Vietnamese repeatedly challenged French imperialism
Greater East Asia and Second World War Propaganda
Teaching the East Asian theater of the Second World War using propaganda posters
British Justifications for Colonizing Southeast Asia
Teaching how the British justified imperialism in Southeast Asia
“As Soon as the Merchants Arrive”: Melaka and Indian Ocean Trade Before 1450
Discussion of teaching Melaka
“Gujarati Clothes are Held in Great Value”: The Demand for Indian Textiles in Southeast Asia, c.1400
Discussion of teaching Indian textile trade in Southeast Asia
“A Turning Point in My Life”: East Asia in the Forty Years’ War
Discussion of teaching East Asia in the World Wars
“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
