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- New Imperialism
New Imperialism
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Databases:
World History in Context (Provides lengthy articles on the African countries occupied during the New Imperialism era).
Grolier Online (Provides the following information on each country: land and resources, economic activity, government, history)
Student Resources in Context (Provides general information on New Imperialism).
Websites:
General Information:
The New Imperialism in Africa (Provides information on the economics, politics, and resistance of African colonies).
Routes to Independence in Africa (Provides a timeline of events that led to the independence of the following African countries: Algeria, Egypt, Gold Coast, and Belgian Congo).
Animated Map of African History 1879-2002 (Provides an animated map of Africa's development during and after New Imperialism).
Belgian Congo:
History of Belgian Congo (Provides information on Belgian rule, economic exploitation, and local resistance of the Congo).
Colonialism in the Congo (Provides a detailed pdf covering many areas of European control in the Congo).
Rhodesia:
History of Colonialism in Rhodesia (Provides a brief history of colonialism in Rhodesia).
The Legacy of Imperialism (Provides information on the economics, politics, and resistance of colonial Rhodesia).
South Africa:
Imperialism and the Union in South Africa (Provides detailed information about different aspects of imperialism in South Africa)
African Nationalism (Provides information on nationalism in South Africa).
South Africa inthe 19th Century (Provides information on South Africa's politics and nationalism).
Egypt:
British Imperialism in Egypt (Provides general information on colonial Egypt).
Egypt and Europe in the 19th Century (Provides information on the politics, economics, and nationalism of colonial Egypt).
Gold Coast:
Gold Coast and Ashanti (Provides information on the economics and occupation of the Gold Coast).
The Gold Coast (Provides detailed information on the takeover of the Gold Coast).
Encyclopedia of Imperialism (Provides general information on colonial Gold Coast).
Algeria:
Algerian Independence (Provides information on the occupation and independence of Algeria).
The Battle for Algerian Independence (Provides information and a timeline on Algeria's fight for independence. Also, this site has newspaper clipping war for independence).
The Economy and Economic History of Algeria (Provides an overview of colonial Algeria).
Sudan:
South Sudan Claims for Right of Self-Determination (Provides a general overview of colonial Sudan).
Civil War in the Sudan (Provides some historic background for pre-colonial Sudan and information on the economics of Sudan).
The British Conquest (Provides and overview of the conquest for Sudan).
Sudan (Provides information on the independence of Sudan).