Debate: Imperialism Did More Good than Harm to Countries in Africa and Asia
Post date: Feb 10, 2015 10:07:15 PM
Discussions about the British Empire
http://www.thewire.com/national/2010/11/was-british-colonialism-good-or-bad-for-india/22227/
http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.7.13.133240.148.html
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/empire/intro/overview5.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/debates/south_asian_debates/2645759.stm
http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2011/09/british-empire
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/apr/23/british-empire-crimes-ignore-atrocities
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3516965.stm
http://www.revealinghistories.org.uk/africa-the-arrival-of-europeans-and-the-transatlantic-slave-trade/articles/the-underdevelopment-of-africa-by-europe.html
Discussion of Effects on Asia
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/main_pop/kpct/kp_imperialism.htm
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/india/suttee.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/flashbks/china/breakup.htm
http://blogs.bu.edu/guidedhistory/moderneurope/tao-he/
http://www.preservearticles.com/2011090412997/impact-of-westsern-colonialism-and-imperialism-on-asia-and-africa.html
http://www.pslweb.org/party/socialism-conference-2010/panel-imperialism-02-us-imperialism-china.html
Primary Sources
Hobson--criticism of Imperialism: http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1902hobson.asp
Defense of British Imperialism from 1871: http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1871britishrule.asp
Spencer defending Social Darwinistic Thinking: http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/spencer-darwin.asp
Longer Hobson Article: https://www.marxists.org/archive/hobson/1902/imperialism/pt1ch4.htm
Lenin (hardcore communist) view on Imperialism: http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1916lenin-imperialism.asp
Schumpeter criticizing Imperialism: http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1918schumpeter1.asp
Lots of good ones here - http://www.ecommcode.com/hoover/hooveronline/lesson_plans09/ImperialismBlessingorCurse.htm