British Asian

knowledge led to spread certain perspectives that marked the distinction between various cultures of the Indian sub-continent. Hence through the process of reification and codification of history British classified the Indian society: compartmentalized the whole into various groups. By applying the same approach British labelled the Pakhtuns of western Frontier as “Pathans” either they were courageous/warriors or they were sinister and corrupt. Mainly, Colonial ethnography…

in the North Americas geographies. As such, the battles contributed to adversities and challenges to the populations that existed in the New World which revolved around food shortages, insecurity, disease and slavery Notably, the expansion of the British colony was initiated in 1783 which involved the expansion of territories in America and West Indies. In the process of making a profit and exploiting India under direct or indirect control with the technological advancements, they had…

During the late period of the nineteenth to the early twentieth century a sizable amount of Western British migrants lived and worked throughout the Americas and Caribbean islands on the Panama Canal, and sugar plantations in Cuba and the Dominican Republic. According to author Laura Putnam’s book entitled “Radical Moves” gives insight to these immigrants and argues how they paved the way for the modern world and civilization, as well as how these events set up black representation and identity…

INTRODUCTION It is a well know fact that the colonizing of India by the British was not just done with “the power of superior arms, military organization, political power, or economic wealth – as important as these things were”, but it was “sustained and strengthened by cultural technologies of rule” (Bernard S. Cohn, Colonialism and its Forms of Knowledge, ix). The British “had to devise novel, and exceptional, theories of governance,” (Thomas R. Metcalf, Ideologies of the Raj Vol. 3, ix) as…

and cultural characteristics. New York was explored by the European in the 16th century at first, and being ruled by the British from 1664 to 1783 (Burrows, 1998). Hong Kong was also one of the colonies of Britain in 1842, making culture of Hong Kong a combination of both Chinese and Western culture. New York and Hong Kong were both commercial centers during the rule of British, which attracted businesses and trading all over the world. There are also times of migration in both New York and Hong…

trade, the journey to find the quickest route to the “Spice Islands” was off to a go and the British, Dutch, and Portuguese were off to the races. Similarly to the British, Hollands government encouraged rival merchant companies to unify in order to create a government-run monopoly. Their only goal: to make money. With a stable financial backing and a stronger fleet, the Dutch quickly rose to power in the Asian trade market and was considered the first truly transnational corporation. Sparked by…

The Church of Please and Thank You “One of the big moments in the spread of English took place in India in 1835. [British politician] Thomas Babington Macaulay proposed that English be used to create a class of Indian middlemen who would be sympathetic to British interests, without the necessity of large numbers of British citizens coming out and running the show” (Traves 102). As you can see, English has impacted different cultures over the years. As English continues to grow over time,…

Weekly, Nehru seemed to have a “vision of socialist self-reliance, resulting in an all but closed economy” (Chaudhry 1222). Chaudhry also asserts that from 1960 to 1990, India’s gross domestic product grew at a rate significantly lower than other Asian nations such as Thailand, Taiwan, and South Korea (Chaudhry 1222). At the time of Indian independence, the Indian government was faced with a multitude of unique challenges. Poverty and hunger continued to reign throughout the nation, and the…

Persian flourished as a language of prestige and elitism throughout Europe and Asia for centuries, but its importance began to diminish around the eighteenth century. In 1722, the fall of the Safavid Empire occurred and under the rule of Sultan Husayn, the Persian state suffered long term economic deterioration. It wasn’t until Nadir Shah of the Afsharid dynasty took power that political unity was restored, and for the first last time Persia’s borders were extended. However soon after this…

from the latin neglegere, literally meaning "not to pick up something.” In this scenario what the British Empire weren’t picking up was the welfare of the Irish people, something that seemed like a straightforward responsibility given the trouble they went through to reign in Ireland and establish the Act of Union in 1800. An example of this is shown clearly in Paddy’s Lament describing the British extraction of food and supplies from Ireland made by Irish people during 1847, the most brutal…