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Shahroz Zaman wrote a new post on the site Latin American Revolutions 4 years, 5 months ago
More and more of the Amazonian rainforest has been cut, logged and replaced with pastoral lands. Although we know much about the way Bolsonaro has sold off large chunks of the Amazon purposefully instead of […]
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Shahroz Zaman's profile was updated 4 years, 5 months ago
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Shahroz Zaman wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 4 years, 5 months ago
Colonialism in India entered through the British East India company purely for trade over lucrative goods like spices. But as the British dominion grew and following a revolt the government took direct ownership […]
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Shahroz Zaman wrote a new post on the site Latin American Revolutions 4 years, 5 months ago
LA in the News was presented by Gabby in which she highlighted the reaction of the Honduran people to the news that their presidents brother had been accepting bribes from the notorious drug lord, El Chapo. It […]
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Shahroz Zaman wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 4 years, 6 months ago
An essential concept for understanding the 20th and 21st century is Colonialism. Colonialism is the process of acquiring political control over another country, pushing cultural norms on the native population, […]
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Shahroz Zaman wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 4 years, 6 months ago
Through Professor Holt’s lectures and the readings this week, we have been able to get a more detailed and nuanced explanation of the role of colonialism in the formation of modern Latin America. This week we went […]
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Shahroz Zaman wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 4 years, 6 months ago
Throughout this week, via our lectures and readings we have been focusing mostly on Africa as a continent and the catastrophic changes brought about by European colonialism. We examined the dramatic effects the […]
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Shahroz Zaman wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 4 years, 7 months ago
East Asia in the 20th century was a continent dominated by a westernized, aggressive and nationalist Japan. This week we learned of the last dynasty of China, the Qing and the factors that led to their downfall […]
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Shahroz Zaman wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 4 years, 7 months ago
Within this week we talked about the issue of the establishment of global connections through imperialism which effected the world over. We understood how through the use of Western Empires and thereby their […]
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Shahroz Zaman wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 4 years, 7 months ago
The concepts brought about by Yukichi in his writing seek to recognise the change in his country brought about through the influence of Western culture, both actively and subtly. It deals with the fact that Japan […]
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Shahroz Zaman became a registered member 4 years, 8 months ago