Online Courses Handbook 2003

10791 (v.2) History 114 The Modern World - The Rise and Fall of British Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Area:	Department of Social Sciences
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	1439 (v.4) History 112 - The Modern World - The Rise and Fall of British Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to a course outside the School of Social Sciences.
The modern world. The idea and practice of imperial government at the beginning of the 19th century. 19th century European imperialist expansion. The nature of colonial authority. The rejection of European imperial rule - nationalist ideas and nationalistmovements. The impact of the 1939-45 war. The post war world. The emergence of the ?third world'. The problem of neocolonialism.

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