329帝国:英国帝国主义和殖民主义

本课程深入介绍了从近代早期到20世纪的大英帝国和英帝国主义, 包括它至今的遗产.

这门课描绘了大英帝国的历史, encompassing its uncertain and incoherent beginnings; the development an Atlantic world commercial and geopolitical system based on slavery; the shock of the American Revolution; the opening up of a 'Second Empire' in Asia and the southern hemisphere; the British transition from preeminent slave traders to global abolitionists; the Victorian imperial mission and its consequences; and the Empire's twilight years in the era of the two world wars.

这门课程对探索帝国的史学非常感兴趣. 它要求学生阅读并批判性地思考历史学家提出的关键问题和答案，以及这些贡献所激发的辩论. 完成课程后, 学生将对大英帝国的复杂性和重要性有更丰富的认识.