HIST 316 - Imperialism in the Modern World

3 credits
3 hours per week.

This course examines the origins and flourishing of imperialism after 1500. It explores European imperialism in the Americas, in Africa, and in Asia, and also Japanese, Asian, and Soviet imperialism in their respective spheres of influence. Imperialism as an ideology and practice will be developed. The concept of the imperial nation-state will be explored, and the social lives of the colonizers and the colonized will be examined. (Formerly HIST 412)

Offered (AS NEEDED)