Colonization, Colonialism and Independence

1.00 credits · Undergraduate

This course provides an introduction to European colonialism in Asia and Africa. We will examine the motives behind territorial acquisition, the methods employed to establish colonial control, and the responses to colonialism among subject populations, including forms of resistance and movements for independence. We will also analyze the impacts of colonialism on the societies of both the colonizers and the colonized. Some key terms in this course are: race, culture, economy, resistance, and violence.