HIST285 - Empire: India and Britain, 1600-1947

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Academic Year 2005/2006

Empire: India and Britain, 1600-1947
HIST 285 FA

Clusters:

Southern Asia and Indian Ocean

India and Indians were central to the rise and demise of Britain's global empire. Britain and Britons were central to the emergence and final shape of the Indian nation-state. This course will introduce students to history of empire in India and Britain. Themes to be investigated include East India Company trade, military entrepreneurship, imperial ideology, religious reform, subaltern insurgency, Nationalism, civil service, communalism, and disease.

MAJOR READINGS

Linda Colley, CAPTIVES
David Arnold, COLONIZING THE BODY
Selections from primary sources: including Ghulam Hussain Khan, Fanny Parkes, Nirad Chaudhuri.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Papers, presentations, midterm, and final examination.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Each week will consist of a contextual lecture by the instructor and a student-led examination and discussion of an arena, event, image, or personality form multiple perspectives, from both Britain and India.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Pinch,William R.

Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC002;

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 45)

SR. major: 0 Jr. major: 5

SR. non-major: 0 Jr. non-major: 0 SO: 20 FR: 20

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Writing, Focused Inquiry Course

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006