colonialism
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An Australian billionaire's plan to burn rubbish for energy in Fiji amounts to "waste colonialism" and risks spoiling a "beach paradise", villagers and the Pacific nation's UN ambassador said.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
And then, suddenly, Easter Island was exposed to the full fury of 19th-century colonialism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
As a young adult in the US, she immersed herself in books on the history of Africa before colonialism, particularly West Africa.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026
Time stretches punishingly throughout this masterful “Magellan,” foregrounding the painful legacy of colonialism and prioritizing a raw splendor that can never truly be conquered.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
You will read more about the US history of settler colonialism, white supremacy, slavery, genocide, and land theft in later chapters.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Human Geography - Middle School
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