HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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superior to other cultures
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misunderstood by Americans
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the oldest culture in the world
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a replica of Ancient Greek culture
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Detailed explanation-1: -As Victorian imperial poetry, “The White Man’s Burden” thematically corresponded to Kipling’s belief that the British Empire was the Englishman’s “Divine Burden to reign God’s Empire on Earth"; and celebrates British colonialism as a mission of civilisation that eventually would benefit the colonised natives.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Kipling, it was the “White Man’s Burden” of the European countries to spread civilization, Religion, and industry to the inhabitants of their colonies throughout the non-Western world.
Detailed explanation-3: -In February 1899, British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem entitled “The White Man’s Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands.” In this poem, Kipling urged the U.S. to take up the “burden” of empire, as had Britain and other European nations.
Detailed explanation-4: -"The White Man’s Burden” is a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling. It was originally published in the popular magazine McClure’s in 1899. It was a response to the U.S. taking over the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.