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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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