Empire, Sex, Violence: European Colonial History
This course examines European colonialism in Africa and Asia. Topics include theories of imperial expansion; the rise of "scientific" racism; the role of class and gender in colonial ideologies; the relationship between ideas of "civilization" and colonial violence; the forces behind decolonization; and globalization in the post-colonial world.
Students will know the political and socio-economic factors that shaped European imperialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and understand the consequences of colonialism and decolonization on the world today.
Students will know the political and socio-economic factors that shaped European imperialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and understand the consequences of colonialism and decolonization on the world today.