Weekly Post
Weekly Friday posts for all paying subscribers.
“The European Makes Himself Ridiculous”: Teaching Southeast Asia in the Era of New Imperialism, c.1880 - c.1940
A discussion of teaching imperialism in Southeast Asia using case studies from Dutch East Indies, British Malaya, and French Indochina.
“British boxing versus Indian fisticuffs”: South Asia in the Era of New Imperialism, c.1860 - c.1940
A discussion of teaching British rule in India by focusing on stories on Indian resistance.
“The Invaders Will Know No Tranquility”: The Transition to New Imperialism, 1840-1880
A discussion of how to teach European imperialism between 1840 and 1880.
“Pilfering Our Resources”: Teaching the Causes of New Imperialism with Primary Sources
A discussion of how to teach the causes of New Imperialism using primary sources.
“Excessive Labor and Confinement”: Historical Imagination and the Urban Working Class
A discussion of teaching the Industrial Revolution to help students better understand how workers experienced industrialization.
“Making a Great Profit”: Historical Imagination and the Opium Trade
A discussion of teaching the opium trade to understand the different ways opium shaped the nineteenth century.
“Men so Heartless”: Historical Imagination and Potosí
A discussion of teaching the silver trade to understand the effects on Indigenous Americans better.
“Ruined and Plundered and Burned”: Historical Imagination, Lascars, and the Portuguese Arrival in the Indian Ocean
A discussion of teaching the arrival of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean from the perspective of local sailors.
“The Principle of Self-Determination”: Historical Imagination and Indian Home Rule in 1919
A discussion of teaching about Indian Home Rule and the events of 1918 and 1919.
“Seventeen small jugs of soap”: Inviting Historical Imagination into the Classroom
A discussion of how to use creative essays in world history courses.
