This begins a series of explainers on the history of imperialism and anti-imperialism. There have been many patron questions around this topic, and it was explicitly commissioned by one of our Khan-i-Khanan patrons, Ivan Ivanovich.
Here are some additional readings on the topic:
Primary Sources:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/hobs...
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29881
Basic overview:
https://liberalhistory.org.uk/history...
https://spartacus-educational.com/TUh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._A._H...
Secondary Sources:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4467370?...
https://jyx.jyu.fi/bitstream/handle/1...
https://isreview.org/issue/100/lenin-...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40400525
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/...