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Chapter 33: THE BUILDING OF GLOBAL EMPIRES

Thomas McCauley argues in favor of making English the language of education for British India.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1833macaulay-india.html )

Indian Home Rule

Gandhi argues against British rule (and in favor of Hindi as the language of India). Note that this document is also used in Internet exercise four on chapter 36 of the companion website to the second edition. Considering how well it ties into the contexts and connections box for this chapter, it belongs here.
( http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/gandhi.html )

Imperialism

John Hobson's classic critique of imperialism and its motives.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1902hobson.html )

The Black Man's Burden

Edward Morel's counterargument to Kipling's "White Man's Burden."
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1903blackburden.html )

An Account of the Opening of the Indian Mutiny at Meerut, 1857

Firsthand account of the Sepoy Mutiny.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1857greathed.html )

Letter from Thedore Roosevelt to Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan

Confidential letter from Theodore Roosevelt calling for the immediate annexation of Hawai'i.
( http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/trmahan.htm )

Why Britain Acquired Egypt in 1882

The Earl of Cromer's argues in 1908 that Britain took control of Egypt for geopolitical reasons.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1908cromer.html )