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HIST-129 South Asia II
Spring only
This course will survey the colonial and post-colonial history of South Asia. The first half of the course will explore British colonial policies and ideologies, Indian reactions to colonial rule, coming into being of colonial cities, role of historical figures such as Gandhi, Ambedkar, Jinnah and Mountbatten, and finally the region’s liberation from colonial rule. The second half of the course will examine the partitioning of India, the impact of Cold War politics, and reasons for the development of varied political systems (democracy, military dictatorship, monarchy) in the region. It will also survey issues which have informed the Subcontinent’s colonial and post-colonial politics, such as, ethnicity, communalism, linguistic politics and economic underdevelopment. The course will conclude with an analysis of the South Asia’s role in and responses to globalization, nuclear deterrence and economic liberalization.
This course meets the general education requirement in History for College students when taken in combination with an EARLY introductory-level history course (HIST 001, 003, or 033).
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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Spring '10:
Aparna Vaidik
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