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Academic Year 2001/2002

Imperialism and the Third World I
HIST 221 FA

Clusters: African Studies Southern Asia and Indian Ocean

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.

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EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to 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 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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