European imperialism

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It is Toussaint's supreme merit that while he saw European civilisation as a valuable and necessary thing, and strove to lay its foundations among his people, he never had the illusion that it conferred any moral superiority. He knew French, British, and Spanish imperialists for the insatiable gangsters that they were, that there is no oath too sacred for them to break, no crime, deception, treachery, cruelty, destruction of human life and property which they would not commit against those who could not defend themselves.

C.L.R. James

The Black Jacobins

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European imperialism

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C.L.R. James

Source

The Black Jacobins

Genre

Political literature Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Citation

James, C.L.R. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution. Secker & Warburg, 1938, ch. 12.

When the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys.

George Orwell

Shooting an Elephant

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European imperialism Imperialism

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George Orwell

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Shooting an Elephant

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

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Original Citation

Orwell, George. "Shooting an Elephant." New Writing, no. 2, Autumn 1936.

Current Citation

Orwell, George. "Shooting and Elephant." The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, vol. 1: An Age Like This 1920-1940. David R. Godine, 2019, no. 88.

When I search for man in the technique and the style of Europe, I see only a succession of negations of man, and an avalanche of murders.

Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth

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European imperialism Europe

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Frantz Fanon

Source

The Wretched of the Earth

Genre

Anti-colonial literature Political literature

Language

French

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Fanon, Frantz. Les Damnes de la Terre [The Wretched of the Earth]. Francois Maspero, 1961, conclusion.

When the inhabitants of some sequestered island first descry the "big canoe" of the European rolling through the blue waters towards their shores, they rush down to the beach in crowds, and with open arms stand ready to embrace the strangers. Fatal embrace! They fold to their bosoms the viper whose sting is destined to poison all their joys.

Herman Melville

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life

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European imperialism

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Herman Melville

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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life

Language

English

Time

1846 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Melville, Herman. Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. New York: Wiley and Putnam/London: John Murray, 1846, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Melville, Herman. Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. Dover Publications, 2019, ch. 4.