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 Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen 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

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