Imperialism: Compare and Contrast
Imperialism: Compare and Contrast
"To the Person Sitting in Darkness" by Mark Twain (1901)
Imagine for a second, a Hunger Games-type scenario where the great empires of the world (Great Britain, Germany, the United States, etc.) were thrown into an arena with the nations that they imperi...
"Cross of Gold Speech" by William Jennings Bryan (1896)
Did you think that William Jennings Bryan's "Imperialism" speech was the first time he hijacked the Democratic National Convention to give crazy long speech on a topic that (probably only) he found...
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900)
Lions, tigers, and Williams Jennings Bryan. Oh my!You may be asking yourself: what does the innocent childhood tale of Dorothy in the wonderful Land of Oz have to do with the military occupation of...
"The White Man's Burden: The United States and the Philippine Islands" by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
You might know Rudyard Kipling as the author of The Jungle Book, but the Philippines will probably always remember him as the guy who encouraged the United States to get all imperial with their nat...
The Winning of the West by Theodore Roosevelt (1889)
This book (actually it's a three volume series of books) is kinda like if Captain America, Rambo, and the Rock all got together and made a baby. An amazingly buff and manly baby that could snap you...