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Explore the storied era of British-ruled India, the dissolution of Britain's empire, and the forging of independent India and Pakistan.
Overview
Syllabus
- 01: Introduction to India
- 02: The Mughal Empire in 18th-Century India
- 03: Indian and British Economic Interests
- 04: British Expansion in India (1757-1820)
- 05: Knowing the Country: British Orientalism
- 06: Race, Gender, and Culture (1750-1850)
- 07: The Age of Reform (1830-1850)
- 08: The Great Uprising (1857-1858)
- 09: Economics and Society under the Raj
- 10: Caste and Tribal Identity under Colonialism
- 11: The Nationalization of Hinduism (1870-1900)
- 12: Indian Muslim Identity and Colonial Rule
- 13: The Late-19th-Century British Raj
- 14: Princely States and Royalist Relationships
- 15: Indian Nationalism and the Freedom Struggle
- 16: The Great War and Its Impact on India
- 17: Gandhi's Moral-Political Philosophy
- 18: The Noncooperation Movement
- 19: Indian Muslim Politics between the Wars
- 20: The Civil Disobedience Campaign
- 21: Britain and Its Empire in the 1940s
- 22: The Raj on Its Knees (1945-1947)
- 23: A Split India: Negotiating Independence
- 24: Reflections on Postcolonial India
- By This Professor
Taught by
Hayden J. Bellenoit
