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The U.S. Naval Academy Nimitz Library

HH216 The West in the Modern World

Suggested sources for Imperialism in East Asia

  1. Xu Naiji and Yuan Yulin, “Memorials on the Legalization and Elimination of Opium” (1836)
  2. Lin Zexu, “Letter to Queen Victoria” (1839)
  3. Fukuzawa Yukichi, “Goodbye Asia” (1885)

Suggested sources for Imperialism in Africa

  1.  Abina and the Important Men 
  2.  David Livingstone’s speech to Cambridge University (1857)
  3.  Karl Pearson, “Social Darwinism and Imperialism” (1907)