Caribbean: Cruises Carnival & Colonization ((4 Credits))

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Students in this course will travel figuratively from the neo-colonial realities of the early 21st century Caribbean into the historic past. In doing so, they gain an opportunity to view and understand the situation in the Caribbean in a global context. Internationalization of the region, plantation societies, piracy, and cultural contacts between the native peoples of region and Europeans will be covered. Students will examine primary documents and work with a mapping tool to gain insights of the region’s broader history in the Atlantic world as well as the similarities and differences of the British, French, and Spanish Caribbean. This course was previously HIS-244224 Caribbean: Cruises.