Modern Imperialism
Prepared for Ms. Driscoll
February 2015
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General Websites: Colonialism
Colonialism
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/colonialism/
1850 1910 Timeline
http://www.preceden.com/timelines/166242-1850-1910
Africa
http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook34.asp#Africa
French in West Africa
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/K-12/French_16178.html
The Congress of Berlin 1884-1885
http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his312/lectures/ber-cong.htm
The Colonization of Africa
http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/essay-colonization-of-africa.html
Colonial Exploration and Conquest in Africa
http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/students/curriculum/m7b/activity2.php
The African-American Mosaic: Colonization
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam002.html
The Colonization of Africa
http://www.academia.edu/4605904/The_Colonization_of_Africa
The Colonization of Africa ( Maps, etc.)
http://etc.usf.edu/maps/galleries/africa/complete/
http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/7600/7638/7638.htm
Colonialism and Development in Africa
http://www.voxeu.org/article/colonialism-and-development-africa
The Age of Imperialism
http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/toc.html
Imperialism
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook34.html
World Wide Imperialism
http://mars.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/world/lectures/imperialism.html
The “New” European Imperialism
http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinksNewImperialism.htm
General Websites: AFRICA
The Story of Africa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index_section11.s
html
Africa
PBS special- discusses geography, historical timelines, countries and culture
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/index.html
Smithsonian Natural History Web: African Voices
http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/
Imperialism in Africa to the Eve of WWI
Provides a map of Africa and the possessions of the European Powers.
http://www.unc.edu/world/2007_CCLib/impafr.htm
Europe & Africa in the 19th Century
http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his312/lectures/19thcent.htm
Internet African History Sourcebook
Provides information on many topics including imperialism
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html
The New Imperialism in Africa
http://www.learner.org/courses/worldhistory/support/reading_20_2.pdf
Imperialism in Africa
http://wfps.k12.mt.us/teachers/carmichaelg/new_page_32.htm
The Fight Against Colonialism and Imperialism in Africa
http://www.sahistory.org.za/article/fight-against-colonialism-and-imperialismafrica-grade-11
African Resistance to Colonial Rule
http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/essay-resistance.html
Imperialism in North Africa: An Introduction
http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/modules/lesson9/lesson9.php?s=0
Country Studies: South Africa
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/zatoc.html#za0022
British Colonialism
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+za0020)
Imperialism and Colonialism, 1870-1914
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/westerncivilization17/ch/22/outline.aspx
BBC: Africa
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/default.stm
African History: Colonial Africa
http://africanhistory.about.com/od/eracolonialism/Colonialism.htm
Images of Colonialism
http://hcl.harvard.edu/collections/digital_collections/colonialism.cfm
HISTORY OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=1483&Histor
yID=ab65
Country Information: African Countries/History
****See Databases
Search FACTS on FILE ‘s World Geography and Modern World History
Search ABC-CLIO World Modern History, Daily Life Through History, and the
African American Experience
Algeria
BBC: Country Profiles, etc.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/790556.stm
Libya
BBC: Country Profiles, etc.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/819291.stm
German East Africa (Tanzania)
BBC: Country Profiles, etc.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1072330.stm
Gold Coast (Ghana)
BBC: Country Profiles, etc.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1023355.stm
Angola
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1063073.stm
Sudan
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/sudan
Sierra Leone
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/sierra_leone
Democratic Republic of the Congo
BBC: Country Profile, etc.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/democratic_republic_of_the_congo
Nigeria
BBC: Country Profile, etc.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/nigeria
British East Africa (Kenya)
BBC: Country Profile, etc.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/kenya