Pamela – Page 388 – History in the Margins

Abandoning the Algerian Model

By Pamela | February 8, 2015 |

Tunisia and Morocco came under French control much later than Algeria, in 1883 and 1912 respectively, as part of the great “scramble for Africa” at the end of the nineteenth century.* From the French perspective, the imperial experience in Tunisia and Morocco was very different than that in Algeria.** In both states, French investors became…

In These Times: Living in Britain Through Napoleon’s Wars

By Pamela | February 3, 2015 |

Even the most eclectic history buff has periods that draw her back time and time again. if you’ve spent much time here at the Margins you know the late eighteenth century is one of those times for me. Regency England and Revolutionary France, colonial expansion in India and losses in North American, Enlightenment thought and…

Rabindranath Tagore: Poet, Nobel Laureate, Indian Nationalist

By Pamela | January 30, 2015 |

Few people in the modern world attain the degree of celebrity that allows them to be known by a single name: Napoleon, Gandhi, Madonna. Even those who reach single-name celebrity in their own country may be largely unknown to the rest of the world. Take the example of Bengali poet, novelist and composer Rabindranath Tagore…