100 likes | 546 Views
Imperialism. Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 (1987). "Columbia's Easter B onnet.” Cover of Puck , 6 April 1901.
E N D
Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 (1987).
“The British Empire throughout the World Exhibited in One View,” from Fullarton's Royal Illustrated Atlas, 1872. David Rumsey Historical Map Collection.
Henry Morton Stanley, raising his hat at left, meeting David Livingstone at Ujiji (now in Tanzania), 1871. New York, Granger Collection. The Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) tries out Maxim’s gun, 1888.
The East India Company iron steam ship Nemesis, destroying Chinese war junks in Anson's Bay, 7 January 1841.
The Boer Lilliputians and the British Gulliver. Political cartoon from Puck, 1900.Video clip at https://youtu.be/D17UQ4BhkmQ.