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European Imperialism and the Third World II
HIST222 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. 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. 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

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000


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