Category: History
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Weekend read… Empires
John Darwin argued that a formal empire could be defined by a sustained effort to assimilate a country to the political, economic or cultural system of another power. (John Darwin (1997) SS9.2). Britain a maritime power and China a land-based empire, initially took significant different approaches to the expansion of their empires and how these…
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Putin’s revisionist perspective
On 24th February 2021, Putin ordered his army into Ukraine. An invasion of another sovereign nation had begun. The Russian army failed in its mission on this day, but what exactly is the argument that led to the attempted dismantling of a sovereign nation by Russia. The revanchalist reading of historical argument could be blamed on…
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Chinese and British Imperialism
John Darwin argued that a formal empire could be defined by a sustained effort to assimilate a country to the political, economic or cultural system of another power. (John Darwin (1997) SS 9.2). Britain a maritime power and China a land-based empire, initially took significantly different approaches to the expansion of their empires and how…
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Disraeli 1872 Crystal Palace
Disraeli’s speech to the National Union of Conservative Associates, on 24th June 1872, was a reaction to the changing demographic of the Conservatives traditional supporters, the Liberals view on the values of empire and economy and whether Britain needed an empire to counter the perceived threat posed by American economic growth, Germany’s defeat of France in…
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