In 1492, the discovery of the Americas initiated European colonialism, resulting in the continent's dominance over much of ...

Hating the British Empire is nothing new. Indeed, it has been the primary occupation of the academy since about 1960. Not without exceptions, of course. The prolific Jeremy Black’s Imperial Legacies ...

Tainan is considered the culinary capital of Taiwan. At one of the oldest wet markets in that Southern city, Shuixian Gong Market, the island's vibrant cuisine is on the display. There are displays of ...

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Many scholars have studied the effects of colonial management on terrestrial resources, but what about the effect of colonialism on bodies of water? A new article in Isis: A Journal of the History of ...

A look at the academic roots of the idea, which has stirred fierce debate when applied to Israel. By Jennifer Schuessler See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra ...

THE HISTORY of colonialism and imperialism used to be an academic backwater. The subject was widely thought to be irrelevant, and those who studied it fogeyish and reactionary. Their younger ...

Moscow continue to promote the myth that Russia was never an empire but a liberator and provider of assistance and that, if ...

Global flashpoints, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Chinese actions in Xinjiang, share a common background: a previous history of invasion and occupation. The northwestern region of ...

British soldiers with objects looted from the royal palace during the military expedition to Benin City in 1897 (via Wikimedia Commons) Melancholy, Paul Gilroy once argued, is a common reaction to ...

Last month, as Israeli artillery destroyed buildings in Gaza, one of two slivers of territory into which Palestinians have been squeezed over the last century, the British government was once again ...