#Colonial

Did you know that the earliest financial institutions in #Taiwan were so-called "merchant houses (媽振館)" that handled loans and currency exchanges for #Taiwanese #tea traders and international buyers? The term
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//THREAD//-l’appropriation culturelle de la culture noire en Occident-le racisme anti-blanc ça existe ? -« negro » : qui peut le dire ? -l’expression « nègre de maison »-suis-je raciste ?-white saviorEt d’autres sujets mais
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It’s been a while since I gave you a #QueerQldHistory lesson, so here’s a little thread about some gay bumsex in Brisbane in 1892. No photographs survive of our two
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THREAD: The Suppressed History of the Struggle Between the Serpent and Eagle Bloodlines. Many have heard of the lost continent of Atlantis but very few know of the, now suppressed
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Thread: there was a pretty impressive backlash against today's long read in the guardian about the idea that by studying large, long term trends in human history one may identify
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Hi @USC folks: if you/r students need a summer class, I'm teaching AMST 220 on "Neoliberalism and/as Asian American Culture." We'll be talking about human capital, free market imperialism, and
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Thread: I thought I’d share some of Ireland’s famous castles, virtually, as we can’t see them during lockdown. There are quite a few in the Emerald Isle so I’ve chosen
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A thread about the Taliban & sharia law. Everyone knows the Taliban run a brutal and oppressive legal system. But there are different ways a legal system can be bad
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‘The British plunder of subcontinent’1. According to the research by Utsa Patnaik whose a renowned economist, Britain drained a total of $45 trillion from 1765 to 1938. It's a staggering
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It's no big mystery that racially & economically homogenous countries find it politically easier to pass broad pro-social programs, like excellent cycling infrastructure. So I'm like on this enthusiastic
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"Protestantism makes Filipinos more industrious and enables them to rise out of poverty while also proving their dependence on material incentives" is a take I would've expected from Harvard men
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Recently, there have been many claims on social media that Muslim ruler Sikander Lodhi donated land to build Ravidas temple of Delhi.How true are these claims? This thread is a
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Thread: Today is the Feast of Bealtaine. It is one of the four major Celtic ancient feasts, the others are Samhain, Imbolc & Lughnasadh. It’s also considered the first day
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In this thread, I will discuss the colonial invention of the religion called "Buddhism". I will summarize some arguments from S.N. Balagangadhara's book "Do all roads lead to Jerusalem?" I
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One of the projects I'm working on at the moment is a new history of the RIBA's headquarters at 66 Portland Place I've been thinking about this building for nearly
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Absolutely thrilled to announce our stellar 2021 list & 100th publication today @thebookseller! 12 books & an extraordinary list of poets for 2021, looking ahead with adventurous, thought-provoking & vital
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