Imperialism  (tagged articles)

Resurrecting the Bog Queen: Exploring the Gender Politics of Ireland's Bogs in Postcolonial and Nationalist Literature

Rosie Ryan - Bogs are one of Ireland’s most notable and mysterious landscapes. As explored in the work of Seamus Heaney, the bog’s capacity to preserve memory across generations makes it a melancholic terrain that is uniquely suited to explorations of Ireland’... Keep Reading »
Photo: Carol Mitchel ND-2

United States Patents, Biopiracy, and Cultural Imperialism: The Theft of India's Traditional Knowledge

Daanyaal R. Kumar - This article aims to present the biopiracy of traditional knowledge from India by the United States, which has occurred directly through the use of patent law and indirectly through economic power and cultural imperialism. Throughout this essay, I will analyze U.S.... Keep Reading »

Victorian Racism: An Explication of Scientific Knowledge, its Social Character, and its Relation to Victorian Popular Culture

Peter H. Conlin - The British Empire of the nineteenth century displayed and embodied racism in its composite. In embodying this idea of racial inequality, the Empire created grounds on which it could justify the imperialist actions that it executed throughout the world during this... Keep Reading »

Hegemonic Overreach in the British Empire: Economic Distress, Strategic Imperative, and the Fall of Singapore

Peter Bennett-Koufie - Since the end of the Second World War, scholars of British military history have busied themselves with attempts to explain the British defeat at Singapore to Japan in February 1942. Research reveals that there existed what Peden has called an “imbalance between... Keep Reading »

A Colonial Catalyst: Reverberations of the Sykes-Picot Agreement in the Rise of ISIS

Sumaia N. Masoom - The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (more commonly known as “ISIS,” but also referred to as the “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” or simply “the Islamic State”) has been on a reign of terror in the Middle East for the past three... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Imperialism is tagged in the following 14 articles.

Irish Literature
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Resurrecting the Bog Queen: Exploring the Gender Politics of Ireland's Bogs in Postcolonial and Nationalist Literature
By Rosie Ryan
Bogs are one of Ireland’s most notable and mysterious landscapes. As explored in the work of Seamus Heaney, the bog’s capacity to preserve memory across generations makes it a melancholic terrain that is uniquely suited to explorations... Read Article »
Irish Literature Women's Studies Nationalism Colonialism British Imperialism Gender Politics
Biopiracy
2019, Vol. 11 No. 10
United States Patents, Biopiracy, and Cultural Imperialism: The Theft of India's Traditional Knowledge
By Daanyaal R. Kumar
This article aims to present the biopiracy of traditional knowledge from India by the United States, which has occurred directly through the use of patent law and indirectly through economic power and cultural Imperialism. Throughout this essay,... Read Article »
Biopiracy Traditional Knowledge Cultural Imperialism Patent Law International Relations Foreign Policy India
Victoria Era
2018, Vol. 10 No. 01
Victorian Racism: An Explication of Scientific Knowledge, its Social Character, and its Relation to Victorian Popular Culture
By Peter H. Conlin
The British Empire of the nineteenth century displayed and embodied racism in its composite. In embodying this idea of racial inequality, the Empire created grounds on which it could justify the imperialist actions that it executed throughout the... Read Article »
Victorian Era British Empire Colonialism Racism Scientific Knowledge British Imperialism
British Imperialism
2017, Vol. 9 No. 04
Hegemonic Overreach in the British Empire: Economic Distress, Strategic Imperative, and the Fall of Singapore
By Peter Bennett-Koufie
Since the end of the Second World War, scholars of British military history have busied themselves with attempts to explain the British defeat at Singapore to Japan in February 1942. Research reveals that there existed what Peden has called an &... Read Article »
British Imperialism World War II Hegemony Great Powers Economic Decline International Relations
Middle East
2016, Vol. 8 No. 11
A Colonial Catalyst: Reverberations of the Sykes-Picot Agreement in the Rise of ISIS
By Sumaia N. Masoom
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (more commonly known as “ISIS,” but also referred to as the “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” or simply “the Islamic State”) has been on a reign of terror in the Middle... Read Article »
Islamic State ISIS Middle East Syria Iraq Terrorism Imperialism Colonialism Sykes-Picot Agreement
British Imperialism
2016, Vol. 2015/2016 No. 3
How Important is the Notion of the 'Civilising Mission' to Our Understanding of British Imperialism Before 1939?
By Thanapat Pekanan
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
The ‘civilising mission' is a broad ideology that combines four main ideals; Enlightenment ideals, Christian / Evangelical ideas of pre-destination, racist ideas about white superiority and Liberalism. All these ideals have had a significant... Read Article »
British Imperialism Empire British Empire Civilizing Mission Colonialism Liberalism Racism
Colonialism
2016, Vol. 8 No. 05
Exploiting the Poor and Powerless: Forced Labor Systems in the Early and Later Modern World
By Drew Liquerman
Our world has witnessed significant shifts, transformations, and evolution in government systems, the balance of power among nations, economics, the rights of men and women, and social structures and relationships over the past 500 years. However... Read Article »
Slavery Forced Labor Colonialism Human Trafficking Human Rights Exploitation Imperialism
Political Economy
2015, Vol. 7 No. 09
Factors that Limit Regulatory Response in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis: Ideology, Regulatory Capture, and Power Dynamics
By Frank Weng
Since the financial crisis of 2007, regulators have recognized the necessity for global governance in an increasingly interconnected global economy. Many have praised the extent to which regulators have already minimized the damage of the crisis... Read Article »
Financial Crisis Regulatory Capture Markets Market Fundamentalism Finance Financial Institutions Power American Imperialism
English Literature
2015, Vol. 7 No. 03
Feminist and New Historicist Readings of Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King"
By Kelley S. Kent
“The Man Who Would Be King” (1888)[1] is one of Rudyard Kipling’s most well known and highly acclaimed short stories. Michael Caine, Sean Connery, and Christopher Plummer starred in John Huston’s classic film adaptation (... Read Article »
Rudyard Kipling Imperialism Colonialism British Empire English Literature
American History
2015, Vol. 7 No. 03
Roosevelt's Imperialism: The Venezuelan Crisis, the Panama Canal, and the Origins of the Roosevelt Corollary
By Christopher J. Kshyk
The Roosevelt Corollary, outlined in Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 and 1905 State of the Union addresses, proclaimed a new imperialist doctrine for American foreign policy in the western hemisphere and represents the culmination in the evolution... Read Article »
American History Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt Corollary Monroe Doctrine Imperialism American Empire
British Literature
2013, Vol. 5 No. 11
Rudyard Kipling's Literary and Historical Legacy
By Kelley S. Kent
Critical opinion of Rudyard Kipling, his Imperialism, and his oeuvre has radically changed in the last century. Depending on the literary history and the time period, Kipling has been seen as either an exclusively South African poet (Warren 415),... Read Article »
Rudyard Kipling British Literature British Imperialism Colonial Fiction British Empire Imperial Fiction Poetry
South Africa
2013, Vol. 5 No. 10
Propaganda, Public Opinion, and the Second South African Boer War
By Kelley S. Kent
The Second Boer War (1899‑1902) was costly for Great Britain and the semi‑independent South African Republic (Transvaal). It strained political relations between the British and the Boers, who did not gain independence from the United... Read Article »
British Imperialism South Africa Boer War Propaganda Rhetoric British Empire Public Opinion
British Colonialism
2013, Vol. 5 No. 09
Anxieties of Empire: Examining Frontier Governance in 19th Century British India
By Zaib Un Nisa Aziz
In May 2012, Shakil Afridi received a sentence of thirty-three years “rigorous imprisonment” and a large fine for aiding foreign intelligence gatherers in their quest for Osama bin Laden. The Pakistani state did not charge Afridi &ndash... Read Article »
British Colonialism India Pakistan Governance Empire Borders Imperialism FATA Law Utilitarianism
Colonialism
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
Breaking Boundaries: Football and Colonialism in the British Empire
By Patrick M. Hutchison
In less than one year, South Africa will be the proud host of the 2010 World Cup. To many, this privilege is a mere formality of the Cup. Indeed, hosting the World Cup is an honor, but for South Africa it symbolizes a far more complex idea. A history... Read Article »
British Colonialism British Empire Imperialism Colonialism South Africa World Cup Football Soccer

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