roman’s blog

I am finding that my question is better fitted to time area in which India was directly under the British Crown as an official part of the British Empire, all of which is post East India Company rule. It is interesting because outside of Proquest I am finding two distinct opinions concerning British rule. Some [...]

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So as I further probe into the research question I am surprised about how useless proquest is in providing useful sources. I normally find decent articles on it but since my question is quite general I am not seeing anything that would directly apply to my question. The articles I can find are either addressing [...]

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As I’ve begun to research into my question of the ‘effects of British colonization in India’ I feel like it would be better and more specific if I focus on the negative ones as there are both positive and negative ones. The positive ones are pretty clear, which are: the modernization of the country, introduction [...]

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Whew, what a crazy ending! I never saw it coming. Its funny how at first I really didn’t like Okonkwo because of his over-masculinity, which dictated how he treated everyone, but now and especially towards the end, I really began to sympathize with him. Even as Achebe began to give him less and less personal [...]

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Man, things are going downhill pretty fast ever since Okonkwo got exiled. I was hoping that once he returns he’d be able redeem himself, as he always has been able to. I was kind of surprised also, because even though Nwoye has left him, he still had much to look forward to when he returns [...]

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How did British colonization of India affect their society and what were the struggles/problems with colonization?
I basically want to research all the problems that occured with the british colonizing India to learn about what some of the negative affects might be. Although this is just one territories that Britain colonized it seems like it is the most interesting with Gandhi and how [...]

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