HISTORY 2103 - Cultural Politics of Empire:The Case of British India

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Bard College

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Anthropology, GSS, Victorian Studies This course focuses on the reciprocal impact that Britain and India had on each other as a result of the British imperial presence in India from the mid-19th century until decolonization in 1948. No other colony was more prized or the object of more fantasy than India, "The Jewel in the Crown." Imperialism, however, did not only profoundly change the cultures of the Indian subcontinent, but also the British people themselves- both those who were firsthand participants (soldiers, administrators, entrepreneurs, etc.) and those who never left Britain. Domestic politics, science, popular culture, and education were all changed irrevocably by the imperial project. In India, sites of resistance to the British were also sites of negotiation, where the rhetorical model of the Enlightenment and the central tenets of British liberal ideology were adopted and recast to give voice to the Indian nationalist movement.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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