Empire, Sex, Violence: European Colonial History

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This course examines European colonialism in Africa and Asia. Topics include theories of imperial expansion; the rise of "scientific" racism; the role of class and gender in colonial ideologies; the relationship between ideas of "civilization" and colonial violence; the forces behind decolonization; and globalization in the post-colonial world. Students will know the political and socio-economic factors that shaped European imperialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and understand the consequences of colonialism and decolonization on the world today.