Academic Sources
We have listed a few selected academic sources which discuss the iron ring specifically, as well as a few additional sources which provide context on the harms of Kipling’s colonial writings.
Petroski, H. (2017). The Iron Ring. In Engineering Ethics (pp. 33-36). Routledge.
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Langins, J. (2019). The Sons of Martha Versus the Sons of Mary: Forging Iron and Finding Gold in Engineering and Business Ideologies. In The Engineering-Business Nexus (pp. 153-172). Springer, Cham.
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​Harvey, E.M. (1946). Kipling and the Engineers. Kipling Journal, 13:78, 13-4.
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Van Ells, M. D. (1995). Assuming the White man’s burden: The seizure of the Philippines, 1898-1902. Philippine Studies, 43(4), 607-622.
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Raine, Craig (2002). “Kipling: Controversial Questions.” Kipling Journal. 76:303, 10-29.
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Brantlinger, Patrick (2007) “Kipling’s ‘The White Man’s Burden’ and Its Afterlives” English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920, Volume 50, Number 2, 2007, pp. 172-191
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Medrea, Nicoleta (2012). Kipling and the Colonization of Imagination. Studia Universitatis Petru Maior. Philologia 13:320-328.