1. Rudyard Kipling: Imperialism
The Mission In The Mission, Mendoza (Robert De Niro) has a drastic change in character for the better. Mendoza is originally a man of trade and no feeling; he captures Native Americans from their homes and sells them as slaves to the Spanish and Portuguese. His character was very significant in ...
Introduction Jamaica, from the Arawak Indian word Xaymaca, meaning "land of springs" or "land of wood and water", became a colony of Spain in 1494. The Spanish ruled until 1655 when they were expelled by the British who turned Jamaica into a strategic member of their empire. The British seizure of Jamaica was a direct consequence of the increasing involvement by the British crown in matters of colonization, and Jamaica became an early and vital link in the British overseas empire. The economics of Jamaica centered on its pivotal role in the "triangle trade", exchanging sugar, rum, molas...
A whole subcontinent was picked up without half trying Images of the British raj in India are everywhere of late. On television reruns, the divided rulers of Paul Scott's Jewel in the Crown sip their tea in scented hill stations and swap idle gossip in the palaces of local princes. At movie houses,...