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Introduction |
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| 2 |
The Decline of the Mercantilist Empires: From 1492 to the Early 19th Century |
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| 3 |
Classic Theories of Imperialism |
First map quiz: The World |
| The Foundation of "British" India, and the Roots of a New Imperialism |
| 4 |
From "John Company" to the Mutiny of 1857 |
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| 5 |
Shifting Economic Rationales: From "Free Trade" to Opium Wars |
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| (New) Views of Exotic Lands and Exotic "Others" |
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Charting New Terrain: Discovering "Darkest Africa" |
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| 7 |
Ethnography and "Race Science" |
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| 8 |
Imperial and "Civilizing" Missions |
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| 9 |
Discussion: Mike Davis, Late Victorian Holocausts (2002) |
First paper due |
| Partitioning the World |
| 10 |
From the Great Game to the Scramble for Africa |
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| 11 |
The Berlin Conference: Power-Politics and Map Fantasies |
Second map quiz: Africa |
| Violence |
| 12 |
Colonial Warfare I: Conquest of Africa, Boer War, Boxer Uprising |
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| 13 |
Genocides in the Belgian Congo and German South-West Africa |
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| Empire in the Metropole |
| 14 |
The Imperial Nation on Display |
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| 15 |
Imperial Masculinities and Femininities |
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| Case Studies of Transformation in the Colonies |
| 16 |
Hawaii |
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| 17 |
Discussion: Ferdinand Oyono, Houseboy |
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| 18 |
Discussion: George Orwell, Burmese Days |
Second paper due |
| Narratives (and Counter-Narratives) of Development |
| 19 |
The First World War |
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| 20 |
Colonial Economics and "Modernization" |
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| Twilight of Empire |
| 21 |
Empire in the Second World War |
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| 22 |
A New World Order? From the Suez Crisis to Vietnam |
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| Decolonization in Asia and Africa |
| 23 |
Decolonization |
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| 24 |
Independent Nationalism of the New Elites |
Final paper due (on Fanon) |
| New Imperialisms? |
| 25 |
The Neo-Colonialism of "Globalization"? |
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| 26 |
The New American Empire? |
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| Final Exam Week |
