HIS 271H - Empire's End: British Asia - Honors

Institution:

Cleveland State University

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Description:

Prerequisite: Honors standing or permission of university Honors Program. This course will focus on the end of the British Empire, the part that was Asia. The main focus will be on South Asia, especially the emergence of the independent nations of India and Pakistan. We will more briefly consider some other new nations of South Asia, in particular Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Our focus will then move to China and the colony of Hong Kong. We will also study the British withdrawal from Burma, the collapse of Malaya, and the emergence of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. At the end, we will consider what the process of decolonization meant both for the new nations and for Britain.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.csuohio.edu/

Phone Number:

(216) 687-2000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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