I'm glad you read Steve's series. I'd the same reaction whn MB said "get me the links". Of couse, getting the links was easy.

I heard someone on NPR Sunday drone on in passing on the savagry of the Mau Maus.

Posted by: Eric at January 25, 2005 12:26 PM

Great stuff, which I wish I hadn't missed before. I haven't had time to read more than a little of it but looked over all the pages.

When I follow the links for parts 9, 15, 16, and 23 I get taken to a Blogger 404 error page.

Posted by: Al-Muhajabah at January 26, 2005 12:13 AM

Thanks everyone; the links are fixed. I was thinking of going on with the series, since the method is pretty easy.

Part 38: The Opium War (China, 1839-1842): LoC; Commissioner Lin's letter to Queen Victoria, 1839; The Opium Monopoly;

Part 39: Western Involvement in the T'aip'ing Rebellion; Modern History Sourcebook; LoC

Part 40: The Lorcha War; AKA the Arrow War, 2nd Opium War; War Times; Iridis;

Part 41: The Rape of China (1842-1900): map; Angus Maddison, Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run", Chapter 2 (PDF)

Part 42: "The Boxer Rebellion" (China 1900); "Fei Ch'i-hao"(Modern History Sourcebook); LoC background

Part 43: East Pakistan, 1947-1971: LoC "Revolution" of Ayub Khan, 1958-66", "Emerging Discontent, 1966-70

Part 44: Colonial war, March-December 1971: LoC "The War for Bangladeshi Independence, 1971"; "Case Study: Genocide in Bangladesh", selected other links

Posted by: James R MacLean at January 26, 2005 03:23 AM