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Motives and Means of Imperialism
Season 2
The desire of industrialized nations for inexpensive raw materials led them to Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, where they took control of lands and es…
2 years ago
The Second Industrial Revolution
Season 2
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the world’s industrialized nations—Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, and the United States—entered the…
2 years ago
Portuguese South America
Season 2
In 1807, when French forces attempted to invade Portugal, the Portuguese royal family and their court fled to Brazil. João VI, the former prince rege…
2 years ago
Spanish South America
Season 2
Venezuela’s junta declared its independence from Spain in 1811. In 1812, however, resistant conservative White Venezuelans were aided by mixed-race p…
2 years ago
Spanish North America
Season 2
In the first few decades of the nineteenth century, two waves of revolutionary fervor swept New Spain. In 1816, Miguel Hidalgo proclaimed Mexico’s in…
2 years ago
Revolution for Whom?
Season 2
The revolutionary examples of the United States and France encouraged creole elites in the Spanish American colonies to dream of independence. These …
2 years, 1 month ago
Nationalism, Liberalism, Conservatism, and the Political Order
Season 2
As the revolutionary fervor of the eighteenth century faded, a desire to restore order and stability permeated the political and intellectual atmosph…
2 years, 1 month ago
Revolutions: America, France, and Haiti
Season 2
Over the course of the eighteenth century, a series of famines and economic crises deepened wealth inequality and narrowed access to political power …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Exchange of Ideas in the Public Sphere
Season 2
Over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the public sphere became an increasingly important component in the spread and developme…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Enlightenment
Season 2
The Enlightenment The eighteenth century marked the beginning of a new spirit of intellectual exchange in Europe known as the Enlightenment. Inspired…
2 years, 1 month ago