History 493F - S- Empire and Nation

This undergraduate seminar explores the history of British Empire in India from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. We will examine how Britain derived power, profit, and glory from its colony in India. We will also examine the ways in which religion, caste, class, and gender influenced the ideas and practices of anti-imperialist nationalism in India. Topics include indentured servitude; the opium
trade; colonial knowledge and power systems, British rule and gender relations; the Mutiny of 1857, strategies of anti-imperialist nresistance, and the partition of India in 1947. This course would satisfy non-western requirement for History majors. Prior knowledge of Indian history is not required for this course.

Open to Seniors, Juniors & Sophomores only.