European Imperialism: 1830 to 1930 - Softcover

Chronology of Events Reference Maps: African States in 1884; Africa in 1914; The Caribbean, 1989-1916; South and East Asia in 1914 Introduction 1. The "New Imperialism" J.A. Hobson, Imperialism W.E.B. DuBois, The Color Line Belts the World M.K. Gandhi, The Disease of Civilization Rosa Luxemburg, Capitalism Depends on the Non-Capitalist World V.I. Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism Joseph A. Schumpeter, The Sociology of Imperialisms Ho Chi Minh, The Struggle Lies in the Colonies 2. The Imperial Mission Rudyard Kipling, The White Man's Burden Alice L. Conklin, The French Republican Civilizing Mission Michael Adas, The Machine as Civilizer Adrian Hastings, Christianity, Civilization, and Commerce David Arnold, Medicine and the Colonization of the Body in India Timothy Burke, Colonialism, Cleanliness, and Civilization in Colonial Rhodesia 3. Europe in the Empire Catherine Hall, An Imperial Man in Australasia and the West Indies Frances Gouda, Dutch Women in the East Indies Gwendolyn Wright, Residential Segregation and Colonial Architecture in Morocco Ann Laura Stoler, Gender, Race, and Class Boundaries in Southeast Asia Owen White, Miscegenation and Identity in French West Africa 4. The Empire in Europe Zeynep Celik, Displaying the Orient Anne McClintock, Advertising the Empire Antoinette Burton, Indian Travellers in Victorian Britain Tyler Stovall, Colonial Workers in France During the Great War Doris Reiprich and Erika Ngambi ul Kuo, An Afro-German Family 5. Anticolonial Resistance James C. Scott, Peasant Weapons of the Weak Frederick Cooper, Wage Labor and Anticolonial Resistance in Colonial Kenya Julia Clancy-Smith, Saint or Rebel? Resistance in French North Africa Benedict Anderson, Imagined Community in Anticolonial Nationalism Partha Chatterjee, The Nation and the Home Suggestions for Further Reading

This volume brings together classic and contemporary scholarly essays on imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries. The text opens with an introductory essay followed by a presentation of authoritative but conflicting views, encouraging students to interpret and evaluate the issue for themselves.