Readings and Useful Links
Links to readings and other useful material:
Theories of Imperialism
Lenin, The Highest Stage of Capitalism (esp. Chs. VII-X)
Schumpeter, The Sociology of Imperialism
Ideological Bases of Empire
Mun, England's Treasure by Forraigne Trade
Ireland
Spenser, A View of the Present State of Ireland
America
Burke, On Conciliation with America
Slavery
Wilberforce, Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade
India
Clive, Letter to Pitt regarding Bengal
Shah Alam's Grant of diwani to the East India Company
East India Company Act of 1767
East India Company Act of 1773
Burke, Speech to the House of Commons on India
Mill, On Colonies and Colonization
Greathed, Account of the Opening of the Mutiny at Meerut
The Scramble for Africa
Egypt and the Sudan
Earl of Cromer, Why Britain Acquired Egypt in 1882
Declaration between the United Kingdom and France respecting Egypt and Morocco
Hake, The Death of General Gordon at Khartoum, 1885
Churchill, The Battle of Omdurman, 1898
Zionism and the Creation of Israel
Hussein-McMahon Correspondence
Nationalism

