Colonizer and Colonized: The British Imperial Experience

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3 Lecture Hour(s) 0 Lab Hour(s) Imperialism was a shared experience that remade the cultures of both the colonized and the colonizers. Using Great Britain in general and London in particular as a basis for comparison, the course will begin with a discussion of the classic interpretations and criticisms of empire and then look at how the imperial experience changed Victorian England into today’s vibrant multicultural and multiracial society. Students will also examine the psychological effects of empire on both colonizers and colonized through the reading of several classic novels.