HIS 3750India Since 1500

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Prerequisites: ENG 1009 or ENG 1010 or equivalent with a grade of D or better and any course with HIS prefix or that is crosslisted with HIS prefix or Permission of Instructor The course covers religious and linguistic diversity in India; the nature of the Indian state; comparative colonial regimes; the complexity of responses to colonialism; and ideas of gender in colonial and modern South Asia. Students gain a more developed understanding of the political, social and economic geography of South Asia, as well as some familiarity with several South Asian religions, including Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, and Sikhism.