Colonialism/Imperialism

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The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain, by Nicholas B. Dirks book cover.
The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain
The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, which was constructed by the Umayyads in the 8th century.
Islamic Imperialism: A History
The Sack of Panama: Captain Morgan and The Battle for the Caribbean, by Peter Earle Book Cover
The Sack of Panama: Captain Morgan and The Battle for the Caribbean
The Jamestown Project, by Karen Ordahl Kupperman Book Cover
The Jamestown Project
A photograph of Dr. David Livingstone from 1857.
Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?: Missionaries, Journalists, Explorers, and Empire
Cover of The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin.
Taking it on the Chin
Cover of Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750 by Odd Arne Westad.
Putting the Middle Kingdom in the Middle
Cover of A History of Iran Empire of the Mind by Michael Axworthy.
Iran for Beginners
Cover of Guantánamo, USA The Untold History of America's Cuban Outpost by Stephen Irving Max Schwab.
Guantanamo For Beginners
 Cover of The Gold Standard at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Rising Powers, Global Money, and the Age of Empire by Steven Bryan.
All that Glitters Is Not Laissez-Faire
Cover of The Battle of Adwa African Victory in the Age of Empire by Raymond Jonas
When Ethiopia Stunned the World
An orientalist nineteenth century Russian view of Samarkand in the time of Timur.
A Castilian in Samarkand, 1404
Haiti's National Palace, the president's official residence, stands in ruins following the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
A Pact with the Devil? The United States and the Fate of Modern Haiti
Jenni Williams (Left) and Magodonga Mahlangu (Center) of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) receiving the Robert F. Kenndey Human Rights Award from President Barack Obama in November 2009.
The Other Half of the African Sky: Women’s Struggles in Zimbabwe
A sign illustrating Level 5 Water Restrictions in Goulburn, New South Wales, 2006, during the worst of Australia's decade-long drought.
Dry Days Down Under: Australia and the World Water Crisis
A collection of packaged food items.
Feast and Famine: The Global Food Crisis
A refugee camp holding thousands of displaced Darfurians/Sudanese in the aftermath of war in the western part of Sudan.
'The World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis': Understanding the Darfur Conflict
The Kenya flag.
Beyond 'Tribes': Violence and Politics in Kenya
Sir Winston Churchill in 1945.
Churchill on Iraq: “Living on an Ungrateful Volcano”
Cartoonist Clifford Berryman depicts Uncle Sam after a hard-won U.S. victory in Santiago Bay, Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
What Happened When We Stayed the Course in Cuba
A tank destroyed during Operation Iraqi Freedom
Why We Should Leave Iraq Now
Portrait of President James K. Polk from 1846.
The Lessons of Mr. Polk’s War
Paul Bremer in 2003.
Iraq Repeats Long-Ago Mistakes in the Philippines
Paul Bremer in 2003.
Iraq Repeats Long-Ago Mistakes in the Philippines