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Academic Year 2000/2001
Imperialism and the Third World I
HIST 221 SP
This course surveys the expansion of Europe from the 15th-century explorations of Portugal and Spain to the British conquest of India before 1857. The course explores the profound changes caused by this expansion in the
political, economic and
intellectual orientations of non-Western societies and, to a lesser extent, of Europe itself. Main topics are Spanish colonialism in America, European expansion into southeast Asia, the Atlantic slave trade, and the
British in India.
MAJOR READINGS
James Axtell, THE INVASION WITHIN Stanley Wolpert, A NEW HISTORY OF INDIA Alfred Crosby, THE COLOMBIAN EXCHANGE Carl Degler, NEITHER BLACK NOR WHITE J. H. Elliott, THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW Stanley J. Stein and
Barbara H. Stein, THE COLONIAL
HERITAGE OF LATIN AMERICA Immanuel Wallerstein, THE MODERN WORLD SYSTEM, I Eric Williams, CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two short papers, final paper, and take-home final.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
No extensions. No incompletes. This course overlaps substantially with HIST105. Students cannot gain credit for both courses. Students wishing to put their names on the course waiting list should drop a note to the
professor; they should NOT use email
or voice mail. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or comunicate directly with the instructor before the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit
a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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