HST passages
Nathaniel Isaacs, Descriptions of Shaka and the Zulu Military, 1836
Account by British merchant about the Zulu kingdom based on eye-witness observation; is full of exaggerations and stereotypes of violent savagery
Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, 1961
Book written about a series of cases from a government hospital that showed the human costs of violence and cultural domination
Olaudah Equiano, The Case against the Slave Trade, 1789
Book written by former slave arguing the the economic benefits of abolition
Nahum Goldmann and Fawaz Turki, Conflicting Perspectives on Israel/Paelstine, 1969 and 1972
Conflicting claims of Jews and Palestinians to the land of Israel/Palestine that created political problems; views of Zionist and Palestanian refugees
Cecil Rhodes, Confession of Faith, 1877
Essay by man who served as prime minister in the Cape Colony which blurs the distinction between ideas about religion, social hierarchy, and political authority; was interested in expanding English society and radical reproduction
Edmund D. Morel, The Black Man's Burden, 1920
Essay written by a clerk for a shipping compant in response to the poem "The White Man's Burden" that tried to encourage the US to colonize the Philippines
George Kennan, Baghdad, 1944
Excerpt by creator of US containment policy that shows cultural, ideological, and political distinctions between the US and other powers
Isabel and David Cook, Chinese Revolution, 1940's
Excerpt written about land reform and Fu Gao-lin, an abusive communist leader in China
George Valentia, Calcutta, 1809
Excerpt written by an English aristocrat describing the comfortable life of the British elite in Calcutta and concerns about how they might undermine their own position
Raja Rammohan Roy, Debate on the Practice of Burning Widows Alive, 1820
Excerpt written by elite Brahmin landowner campaigning against sati, the Hindu practice of burning widows
Maulvi Sahib, Call for Hindu-Muslim Unity, 1858
Letter that was a call to action and a list of specific grievances against expanding British rule in South Asia
Yamagata Aritomo, The Coming Race War, 1914-1915
Letter written to Premier Okuma to try to increase Japanese influence with China while they were experiencing financial difficulty; record of private conversation
Mohandas Gandhi, Second Letter to Lord Irwin, 1930
Letter written to the head of the British colonial government in India regarding the salt tax
E.B. Sledge, At Okinawa, 1945
Memoir written by member of Marine Corps about first hand account of combat during WWII
Testimony for the Factory Act, 1833
Passage of 3 perspectives on factory labor (medical examiner, worker, and owner) focusing on working conditions and the 10-hour work day
Wilfred Owen, Dulce et Decorum Est, 1918
Poem written by shell-shocked soldier saying how sweet it is to die for one's country
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, What is Property?, 1840
Publication opposing state ownership of the means of production
Nelson Mandela, The Rivonia Trial, 1964
Speech made to a court calling for nonracial elections and a democractic system
George Kennan, The Long Telegram, 1946
Telegram written to Treasury Department requesting explanation for why the USSR wouldn't support proposals for a World Bank and
V.I. Lenin, The Transition from Capitalism to Communism, 1917
Written by man who lead Soviet Union through civil war and argued that the Russian working class couldn't bring about revolution by itself
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, 1925
Written during his time in jail about his plans for a Nazi state and the inferior races, such as Slavs and Jews
