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Academic Year 2003/2004
European Imperialism II
HIST 222 SP
This course continues several themes of HIST221 through the era of industrialization (19th and 20th centuries) but emphasizes the formation of a global society divided between rich and poor. Topics include the European
conquest of Africa and Asia, the varying modes of colonial control, the creation of colonial economies dependent on the West, the population explosion, the development of superiority feelings in the West and dependency
feelings
in Africa and Asia, the political revolt of the colonized in the 1950s and the economic revolt of the 1970s.
MAJOR READINGS
Altick, VICTORIAN PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Chaudhuri & Strobel, WESTERN WOMEN AND IMPERIALISM Forster, PASSAGE TO INDIA
Freund, THE MAKING OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICA Gandhi, THE ESSENTIAL GANDHI (ed. Fischer)
Nandy, THE INTIMATE ENEMY
Smith, EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM
Van Onselen, CHIBARO: AFRICAN MINE LABOUR IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA
Wolpert, A NEW HISTORY OF INDIA
Wright, THE NEW IMPERIALISM
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
(1) Regular attendance and class participation, (2) three medium-length papers, (3) one exam.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
No extensions, no late papers, no incompletes. Students wishing to put their names on a waiting list should drop a note to the professor; they should NOT use e-mail or voicemail.
COURSE FORMAT:
Discussion
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-19-2004
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