For Thursday, April 4, finish reading Conrad's Heart of Darkness, if you haven't done so already, and also read the following (about 8 pages):

• introduction to "The Rise and Fall of Empire," p. 2017.
• Hobson's "The Political Significance of Imperialism," p. 2021.
• Chinua Achebe's "From An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness," p. 2035.