The High Tide of Imperialism by the Western Countries

The European countries competed with one another through the Industrial Revolution and this competition helps to fuel world-wide imperialism by those countries. Central Question for the Unit: What are the principles for effective nonviolent protest that can be used with today's issues?

Course Lecture PowerPoint Slides and Other Materials

• Instructor Master PP Slides

• Student PP Slides

Course Lecture Video Recordings

• Music Video Overview of the Unit (3:53 minutes) "Asimbonanga"performed by the Soweto Gospel Choir in a song calling for freedom in South Africa while Nelson Mandela was unjustly held in prison for nearly three decades. Mandela was a national hero in South Africa as he led a nonviolent protest.

• (Video) Part One

• (Video) Part Two

• (Video) Part Three

• (Video) Part Four

Required Readings and Media

• Study Guide Questions for Assigned Readings and Media (Word)

• Gandhi, Salt March to the Sea (PDF)

• Kipling (1899), The White Man's Burden (PDF)

• Morel (1903), The Black Man's Burden (PDF)

• Wesseling (2005), Imperialism and the Roots of the Great War (PDF)

Unit Activities

• (Video) Applying Gandhi Protest Principles Reflection Overview For complete information on this activity, go to the history simulations tab under the "resources" tab of this website.

• History Simulation Using Gandhi's Principles to Contemporary Protest Event

Supplemental Learning Materials (Not required for major exams)

• Simon Bolivar, Liberator of Latin and South America (PDF Transcript)

• Simon Bolivar, Liberator of Latin and South America (Audio)

• Gandhi, On the Existence of God (PDF Transcript)

• Gandhi, On the Existence of God (Audio)

• Dekker (1967), Dutch Colonialism in Java (PDF)

• Poerter, Cutting the British Empire Down to Size (PDF)

• Roberts (2010), The State, Empire, and Imperialism (PDF)

• Stromberg (2006), Imperialism, Non-interventionism, and Revolution: Opponents of the Modern American Empire (PDF)