Colonialism in Asia and Its Contested Legacies

3 Credits.

This course examines the impact of colonialism on East and Southeast Asia from the long nineteenth century to the postwar era. Focusing on British Singapore and Hong Kong, and Japanese Korea and Taiwan, it explores colonial social and economic change, as well as postcolonial transformations. Topics include free-trade imperialism, capitalist exploitation, colonial modernity, Pan-Asianism, anticolonial movements, and nation-building in the Cold War.