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HIST 3691W is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2021 | HIST 3691W Section 001: The British Empire (34715)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Gain/loss of colonies in Ireland, America, India, Africa. Development of racism, multicultural composition of British society, debates about economic motives for empire, resistance of colonized peoples to conquest/domination.
- Class Description:
- This course will explore the history of the British empire from a critical perspective. We will examine Britain's consolidation of its Indian empire and conquest of African colonies in the 19th century. Ireland will also be considered as a colony of Britain. British policies in the Middle East - in Afghanistan and Iraq - will also be studied. Finally, we will see how the British empire disintegrated in the twentieth century. We will trace the development of racist ideas which were used to justify the empire. The multicultural composition of British society will also be examined. We will also assess debates about economic motives for empire. The resistance of colonized peoples to conquest and domination will be looked at as a dynamic in imperial expansion and contraction. The course will also use gender as a category of analysis, examining imperial masculinities, contrasting the experiences of white and colonized women, and looking at controversies about sex as flashpoints in imperial history. Sources will include primary documents, historiographical debates, and fiction. No background in British history is required. This course will be in a seminar format, with discussion on the readings. The course will be web enhanced on Classweb.
- Grading:
- 30% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Short answer and essays
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
60% Discussion - Workload:
- 70 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: class participation required - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34715/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 May 2007
Fall 2017 | HIST 3691W Section 001: The British Empire (35241)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Gain/loss of colonies in Ireland, America, India, Africa. Development of racism, multicultural composition of British society, debates about economic motives for empire, resistance of colonized peoples to conquest/domination.
- Class Description:
- This course will explore the history of the British empire from a critical perspective. We will examine Britain's consolidation of its Indian empire and conquest of African colonies in the 19th century. Ireland will also be considered as a colony of Britain. British policies in the Middle East - in Afghanistan and Iraq - will also be studied. Finally, we will see how the British empire disintegrated in the twentieth century. We will trace the development of racist ideas which were used to justify the empire. The multicultural composition of British society will also be examined. We will also assess debates about economic motives for empire. The resistance of colonized peoples to conquest and domination will be looked at as a dynamic in imperial expansion and contraction. The course will also use gender as a category of analysis, examining imperial masculinities, contrasting the experiences of white and colonized women, and looking at controversies about sex as flashpoints in imperial history. Sources will include primary documents, historiographical debates, and fiction. No background in British history is required. This course will be in a seminar format, with discussion on the readings. The course will be web enhanced on Classweb.
- Grading:
- 30% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Short answer and essays
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
60% Discussion - Workload:
- 70 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: class participation required - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35241/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 May 2007
Spring 2016 | HIST 3691W Section 001: The British Empire (67800)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 220
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Gain/loss of colonies in Ireland, America, India, Africa. Development of racism, multicultural composition of British society, debates about economic motives for empire, resistance of colonized peoples to conquest/domination.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?clark106+HIST3691W+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course will explore the history of the British empire from a critical perspective. We will examine Britain's consolidation of its Indian empire and conquest of African colonies in the 19th century. Ireland will also be considered as a colony of Britain. British policies in the Middle East - in Afghanistan and Iraq - will also be studied. Finally, we will see how the British empire disintegrated in the twentieth century. We will trace the development of racist ideas which were used to justify the empire. The multicultural composition of British society will also be examined. We will also assess debates about economic motives for empire. The resistance of colonized peoples to conquest and domination will be looked at as a dynamic in imperial expansion and contraction. The course will also use gender as a category of analysis, examining imperial masculinities, contrasting the experiences of white and colonized women, and looking at controversies about sex as flashpoints in imperial history. Sources will include primary documents, historiographical debates, and fiction. No background in British history is required. This course will be in a seminar format, with discussion on the readings. The course will be web enhanced on Classweb.
- Grading:
- 30% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Short answer and essays
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
60% Discussion - Workload:
- 70 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: class participation required - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67800/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 May 2007
Spring 2013 | HIST 3691W Section 001: The British Empire (67367)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 245
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Gain/loss of colonies in Ireland, America, India, Africa. Development of racism, multicultural composition of British society, debates about economic motives for empire, resistance of colonized peoples to conquest/domination.
- Class Description:
- This course will explore the history of the British empire from a critical perspective. We will examine Britain's consolidation of its Indian empire and conquest of African colonies in the 19th century. Ireland will also be considered as a colony of Britain. British policies in the Middle East - in Afghanistan and Iraq - will also be studied. Finally, we will see how the British empire disintegrated in the twentieth century. We will trace the development of racist ideas which were used to justify the empire. The multicultural composition of British society will also be examined. We will also assess debates about economic motives for empire. The resistance of colonized peoples to conquest and domination will be looked at as a dynamic in imperial expansion and contraction. The course will also use gender as a category of analysis, examining imperial masculinities, contrasting the experiences of white and colonized women, and looking at controversies about sex as flashpoints in imperial history. Sources will include primary documents, historiographical debates, and fiction. No background in British history is required. This course will be in a seminar format, with discussion on the readings. The course will be web enhanced on Classweb.
- Grading:
- 30% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Short answer and essays
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
60% Discussion - Workload:
- 70 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: class participation required - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67367/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 May 2007
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