Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Amer Expansion-Pacific
Term
2019C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
401
Section ID
HIST231401
Course number integer
231
Meeting times
W 02:00 PM-05:00 PM
Meeting location
BENN 17
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Eiichiro Azuma
Description
This class will focus on America's expansion into the Pacific around the turn of the century with the acquisition of Hawaii and the Phillipines. It can deal with various issues, including the meaning of "frontier," colonialism, development of capitalist economies in the region, diplomacy, racism, migration, an American brand of Orientalism in encountering the "natives" and "heathens,"and histories of the West and the Pacific Islands in general.
Course number only
231
Cross listings
ASAM203401
Use local description
Yes
LPS Course
false
Major Concentrations
Major/Minor Requirements Fulfilled