Imperial Sunset: Britain's Retreat From World Power 1885 to the Present

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 6 credits from HIST at the 1/2000 level; 3 credits from HIST 2041, 2721, 2731, 3231 recommended; or permission of the Department This course analyses Britain's decline as a world power, its replacement in that role by the United States, its relations with the emerging nation states of the Third World, and its uneasy participation in the European Community. Topics include: interwar development policies for Africa, Indian nationalism, World War II and the decolonization of Asia and Africa, the 'special relationship' with the USA, the evolution of the European Community, and continued underdevelopment in the Third World. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)(Exclusion: Any version of HIST 3241 previously offered with a different title)