HIS5126 EUROPE AND ITS EMPIRES
The current postcolonial era struggles with the understanding of the failure of many political experiences as measured by the standard of an elusive yet overarching modern state. The trajectory of these states could be better understood by looking at their origins, the European colonial state. This course examines Europe146s expansion from the fifteenth century through the twentieth. It will compare European colonial regimes in America, Asia, and Africa, and their differing impacts, covering the times of exploration, the conquest phase, and the colonial period. Keywords will include: nationalism, capitalism, imperialism, assimilation, association, globalism, hegemony, domination, chauvinism, indigenous, expatriate, missionary, emancipation, segregation, culture, civilization, religion, and race.