Empire and Imperial Systems
HIST 227
Fall 2006
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01
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This course examines the concept of 'empire' and the history of imperial systems, primarily in the Asia-Pacific region, during the 19th and 20th centuries. After surveying the rise and fall of pre-modern empires, we will study how imperialism influenced and was influenced by nationalism, colonialism, modernization, and state formation in the modern era and learn how imperialism affected life at home as well as in the lands under imperial rule. We will also examine opposition to empire and study visual, literary, musical, theatrical, material, and cinematic representations of how it felt to exercise and live under imperialism. In the last part of the course, we will assess the forms of and reasons for the persistence of 'empire' in the world today. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
David B. Abernathy, THE DYNAMICS OF GLOBAL DOMINANCE: EUROPEAN OVERSEAS EMPIRES 1415-1980
Michael Adas, MACHINES AS THE MEASURE OF MEN: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND IDEOLOGIES OF WESTERN DOMINANCE
Benedict Anderson, UNDER THREE FLAGS: ANARCHISM AND THE ANTI-COLONIAL IMAGINATION
Mark Philip Bradley, IMAGINING VIETNAM AND AMERICA: THE MAKING OF POSTCOLONIAL VIETNAM, 1919-1950
J.M. Coetzee, WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS
Craig. A. Lockard, DANCE OF LIFE: POPULAR MUSIC AND POLITICS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Tamara Loos, SUBJECT SIAM: FAMILY, LAW, AND COLONIAL MODERNITY IN THAILAND
Panivong Norindr, Phantasmatic Indochina: French Colonial Ideology in Architecture, Film, and Literature
Anthony Pagden, PEOPLES AND EMPIRES: A SHORT HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MIGRATION, EXPLORATION, AND CONQUEST, FROM GREECE TO THE PRESENT
Edward W. Said, CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM
Bernard Smith, EUROPEAN VISION AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three hourly in-class exams, two short (2-3 pp.) papers. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Class attendance required. |
| Instructor(s): Day,Tony Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: SCIE121; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 48 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: -13 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 6 | JR non-major: 6 | SO: 12 | FR: 12 |
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