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Newspaper Coverage of the Mau Mau Movement: A Constructivist Argument

Esme Trahair - On February 14th, 1965, just one week before he was assassinated, Malcolm X delivered a speech in Detroit. He spoke about his beliefs concerning segregation and civil rights, and made a point of contextualizing the civil rights movement globally. Toward the beginning... 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 »

Persianization and Intimidation: Investigating Discord in the Court of Alexander the Great

E. M. Suazo - A subset of Alexandrian scholarship which has garnered long-held fascination does not center upon a success, but rather a failure: that is, the divide in his court which emerged during his Asiatic campaigns. Such a divide, though incited by a number of grievances,... Keep Reading »
Photo: Sheila Sund CC-2

Cacao Cravings: Europe's Assimilation and Europeanization of Chocolate Drinking from Mesoamerica, 1492-1700 C.E.

James C. Miller - Chocolate is a foodstuff that many people in the modern world take for granted; the sweet treat can today be found plentifully and cheaply in practically any store all across the globe, especially in the Euro-American world. Despite its commonplace, most people do... Keep Reading »
Photo: Rydalmere Psychiatric Hospital

The Evolution and Devolution of Mental Health Services in Australia

Lila P. Vrklevski - This article provides a brief historical overview of the development of mental health services in Australia. It commences with the establishment of the first public asylum, Bethlem Royal Hospital, London, in 1247, the arrival of the First Fleet on 24 January 1788 at... Keep Reading »
 
 

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Decolonization
2018, Vol. 10 No. 03
Newspaper Coverage of the Mau Mau Movement: A Constructivist Argument
By Esme Trahair
On February 14th, 1965, just one week before he was assassinated, Malcolm X delivered a speech in Detroit. He spoke about his beliefs concerning segregation and civil rights, and made a point of contextualizing the civil rights movement globally... Read Article »
Mau Mau Kenya Decolonization Sub-Saharan Africa Civil Rights Movement Revolution Colonialism
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
U.S.-africa Relations
2017, Vol. 11 No. 1
Before Drones: U.S. Covert Action in Africa During the Congo Crisis
By Drew A. Calcagno
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
As with much of the African continent, the Congo endured a harsh colonial past. What trailed, after its 1960 independence from Belgium, also followed a similar trend of its continental neighbors – continued foreign meddling. At the outset,... Read Article »
Sub-Saharan Africa Congo Colonialism Covert Operations U.S. Foreign Policy U.S.-Africa Relations Patrice Lumumba
Cuba
2017, Vol. 11 No. 1
Old History in the "New" Cuba: Exploring the Legacy of Race and Economic Inequality on the Island Today
By Elizabeth L. Drake
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
This article examines the reasons why racism persists in Cuba more than fifty years after the 1959 Revolution in which Fidel Castro promised Afro-Cubans to eradicate racism from the island. More specifically, it investigates Cuba's racist history... Read Article »
Cuba Afro-Cuban Culture Race Social Reform Economic Inequality Racism
Ancient History
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
Persianization and Intimidation: Investigating Discord in the Court of Alexander the Great
By E. M. Suazo
A subset of Alexandrian scholarship which has garnered long-held fascination does not center upon a success, but rather a failure: that is, the divide in his court which emerged during his Asiatic campaigns. Such a divide, though incited by a number... Read Article »
Alexander the Great Ancient History Ancient Greece Military History
International Relations
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
Decision Making Theories and China's Military Intervention in the Korean War
By Hao Ming Xiong
This article uses two decision-making theories – rational choice theory and prospect theory – to examine China’s resolution to intervene militarily in the Korean War. I argue that Chairman Mao Zedong was in a domain of loss both... Read Article »
Decision-Making Korean War Prospect Theory Rational Choice Theory Mao Zedong China North Korea South Korea International Relations
Postcolonial Literature
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
The Body as a Weapon of Resistance in Postcolonial Short Stories: The Cases of Augusto Monterroso and Zulema de la Rúa Fernández
By Kyle S. McQuillan
The arrival of Spanish conquistadors in the “New World” at the end of the fifteenth century triggered an age of violence, oppression, and colonization that lasted until the United States took the stage as a modern colonial power in 1898... Read Article »
Postcolonial Literature Latin America Caribbean Literature Short Stories Resistance Colonialism Neoliberalism
India
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
Domestic Violence and the Indian Women's Movement: A Short History
By Kaamila Patherya
Domestic violence in India poses an interesting paradox: in addition to being the most ubiquitous of basic human rights violations, it is also the least reported and discussed. The tightly patriarchal norms and structure of traditional Indian culture... Read Article »
Domestic Violence Feminism India Women in India Women's Movement Human Rights
History Of Food
2017, Vol. 9 No. 10
Cacao Cravings: Europe's Assimilation and Europeanization of Chocolate Drinking from Mesoamerica, 1492-1700 C.E.
By James C. Miller
Chocolate is a foodstuff that many people in the modern world take for granted; the sweet treat can today be found plentifully and cheaply in practically any store all across the globe, especially in the Euro-American world. Despite its commonplace... Read Article »
European History Native Americans Slavery Food Colonialism Culture Chocolate Aztec Mayan History Of Food
Colonialism
2017, Vol. 9 No. 10
The Modern and the Traditional: African Women and Colonial Morality
By Rabah Omer
“As Roman imperialism laid the foundations of the modern civilization, and led the wild barbarians of these islands along the path of progress, so in Africa today we are repaying the debt, and bringing to the dark places of the earth, the... Read Article »
Morality African Women Dance Clothing Modernity Colonialism Sexuality Africa
Mental Health
2017, Vol. 9 No. 10
The Evolution and Devolution of Mental Health Services in Australia
By Lila P. Vrklevski
This article provides a brief historical overview of the development of mental health services in Australia. It commences with the establishment of the first public asylum, Bethlem Royal Hospital, London, in 1247, the arrival of the First Fleet... Read Article »
Mental Health History Of Mental Illness Public Health Public Policy Occupational Therapy
Economic History
2017, Vol. 9 No. 10
Commercialization and Discontent on the American Farm: The Farmer's Movements of the Late-19th and Early-20th Centuries
By Zachary D. Blizard
During the periods of the Agrarian Revolt and the 1920s, farmers were unhappy with the economic conditions in which they found themselves. Both periods witnessed the ascent of political movements that endeavored to aid farmers in their economic... Read Article »
Economic History Farming Agrarian Reform Social Movements Agricultural Economics
Sociolinguistics
2017, Vol. 9 No. 06
Fighting for Euskera: The Role of Language in Basque Nationalism and the Development of the ETA
By Keely L. Smith
Basque nationalism is a movement that has encompassed myth, mystery, violence, and compromise, all of which have found their justification from the unique language, Euskera. The source of Euskera is uncertain due to its non-Indo-European origin,... Read Article »
Nationalism Language Cultural Identity Spain Basque Country ETA Euskera Sociolinguistics
Security Studies
2017, Vol. 10 No. 2
The Red Army Faction: Understanding a Measured Government Response to an Adaptive Terrorist Threat
By Ari Weil
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
For three decades prior to 9/11, West Germany fought its own war on terror. For 28 years, it faced off against the Red Army Faction (RAF), a small yet highly adaptable terrorist organization that constantly evolved to meet the countermeasures deployed... Read Article »
Security Studies Counter Terrorism West Germany Terrorism Soviet Union
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
 
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