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“Wrought with Labour and Travail”: Building London’s Sewage System
Discussion of teaching nineteenth-century urban reforms
“Evidences of Comfort and Comparative Civilization”: Teaching Industrialization and Improved Living Standards
Discussion of the effects of growing jute in Bengal on living standards
“The Voice of National Self-Determination Has Swept the World”: Teaching the East Asian Uprisings of 1919
Discussion of teaching the 1919 anti-imperialist uprisings in East Asia
“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
