Workers on a #Guatemala plantation load #bananas onto a United Fruit Company train. #UnitedFruit became the poster child for American economic #imperialism in the 20th Century, giving rise to the term “banana republic.”
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Learn more in Ch 69, available now.
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President Theodore Roosevelt sitting on some equipment in #Panama in 1906, during construction of the canal. Learn more about Teddy’s foreign policy, the Panama Canal, and the American Empire in Chapter 69 of the #podcast. 🇺🇸🇵🇦
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I 100% have never followed Donald Trump on any social media platform. But then this showed up in my Facebook feed today. Apparently Meta has made me follow him, as of this month.

European #colonialism in #Africa could be unthinkably violent. These images, for example, are from the Herero Genocide (1904-1908). Following an uprising against their German occupiers in present-day Namibia, the Herero were shot en masse and rounded up into concentration camps.

Before and after the Scramble for #Africa.
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Learn more about it (and its implications) in Chapter 69: “The New #Imperialism”, available now.
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This famous 1898 illustration from Le Petit Journal depicts the way foreign, industrialized powers competed to control as much of China (and its coastal waters) as possible as the turn of the century neared. It’s little wonder that the #BoxerRebellion came about not long after.

I’m not sure how Christmas can top my night last night!

The Empress Dowager Cixi effectively ruled #China for about 38 (non-consecutive) years between 1861 and 1908. Though she made many efforts to modernize and industrialize China, it was always too slow to keep up with the rising imperial powers of the age. Learn more in Chapter 69!

‘‘Tis the season for bonus episodes! For your present, I’m re-posting the 3 holiday specials from years past. Enjoy!

#HappyHolidays #Christmas #podcasts #history #IndustrialRevolution #ChristmasCarol #victorians #SantaClaus

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Finally: A new episode! 🥳 In the late 19th Century, Westerners scrambled for power over the rest of the world. 🌎 🌍 In this chapter, we will explore the impact of this transformation in China, Africa, and the empire of the United States.

Two more episodes that have come out since I first joined BlueSky. Both about the spread of industrialization in the late 19th Century, the impact it had on geopolitics, and more.

When people say there’s no such thing as luck

I put out one more episode before the holidays…

New episode of The Industrial Revolutions podcast out today!