On July 1st 1919, The Times reported on a trial at the Old Bailey that illustrates the racist violence afflicting the country in that febrile year.
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The Amritsar Massacre of 1919: performative violence and colonial rule
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre of April 13th 1919 and how it fits the regular pattern of colonial violence.
Despatches from the Archives: A minor dispute & its imperial meanings – Tahiti, 1865
A trivial but fraught diplomatic dispute in the Pacific Ocean reveals something of great power rivalries.
Empire Film: 'Ice Cold in Alex' and the end of British supremacy
A war film that reveals much about British anxieties over a transforming world as the imperial age approached its demise and British supremacy was at an end.
Despatches from the Archives: Sir Claude MacDonald in West Africa
Sir Claude MacDonald’s despatches to the Foreign Office while in charge of the Niger Coast Protectorate, and what they tell us about British imperial rule.