Oceans & Empires – North Pacific

Undergraduate

A study of imperialism in Manchuria, Korea, Japan, Siberia, Alaska, and elsewhere in the North Pacific. The central theme is the convergence of peoples, cultures, and empires between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Topics include Europeans in Northeast Asia, Russian development of Siberia, Japanese colonialism, and US western expansion by land and sea. Prerequisite(s): 12h History courses.