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HIST221

Imperialism and the Third World, I
HIST221 SP

Crosslistings: LAST221
Photo Caption and Credits

Next Offered in 9899 SP

A survey of 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, the Atlantic slave trade, the British in India, the abolition of the slave trade and the independence of Latin America.

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: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998



About the Photo:

A modern replica of Columbus's ship, the Nina

Reference:

Dor-Ner, Zvi. COLUMBUS AND THE AGE OF DISCOVERY, New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991



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