Europe and the End of Empires: Decolonization in the 20th ...



History W4310

Section 001

Europe and the End of Empires: Decolonization in the 20th Century

Instructor: Matthew Connelly

623 Fayerweather Hall

mjc96@columbia.edu

854-4646

Office Hours: Wednesdays 11-1:00 and by appointment

This seminar will explore a range of perspectives on the encounter between Europe and the "Third World" in the 20th century. It will investigate historical controversies on the nature of imperialism, decolonization, and neo-colonialism through both scholarly works and fictional accounts. After a close study and spirited discussion students will offer their own analyses of a particular aspect of decolonization or post-colonial society.

Requirements include:

• Regular attendance and active participation, 20%

• One oral report on a week’s reading with a five-page written version to be distributed to the seminar in advance, 20%

• A 20-page paper addressing a historical question chosen in consultation with the instructor, 60%

The following texts are available at Book Culture and are also on reserve at Butler. Additional readings are available via e-reserves.

William Duiker, Ho Chi Minh

M.K. Gandhi, Indian Home Rule

Graham Greene, The Quiet American

Rudyard Kipling, Kim

Stephen Kotkin, Armageddon Averted

Naguib Mahfouz, Palace Walk

Edward W. Said, Culture and Imperialism

For those students who are looking for general background reading on the history of decolonization the following texts provide good introductions:

John Darwin, The End of the British Empire

John D. Hargreaves, Decolonization in Africa

R.F. Holland, European Decolonization

Jan. 23 Course Introduction

30 The Spirit of European Expansion and the Pleasures of Empire

Ronald Robinson and Jack Gallagher, Africa and the Victorians, 1-25

Rudyard Kipling, Kim

Feb. 6 "The Revolt Against the West" — An Overview

Geoffrey Barraclough, An Introduction to Contemporary History, chapters 4, 6,

Darwin, The End of the British Empire, chapter 1, 1-9

Said, introduction, chapter 1 and chapter 2, part VI, 3-61, 162-169

13 World War One and the Race Question

Paul Gordon Lauren, Power and Prejudice, 75-107

R.J. Vincent, "Racial Equality," 239-254

Lothrop Stoddard, selections from The Rising Tide of Color, 3-16

Start Palace Walk

20 Case Study I: Egypt

John Darwin, Britain, Egypt, and the Middle East, Part II and conclusion, 49-137

Naguib Mahfouz, Palace Walk

27 The Inter-War Years: Demographic Growth and Economic Depression

R.F. Holland, European Decolonization, Part 1, 1-33

Hargreaves, chapter 2, 32-48

Geoffrey Barraclough, An Introduction to Contemporary History, chapter 3,

Paul Valéry, "The Crisis of the Mind"

March 5 Case Study II: India

Stanley Wolpert, "The Indian National Congress in Nationalist Perspective,"

M.K. Gandhi, Indian Home Rule

12 World War Two

Christopher Thorne, selections from Allies of a Kind,

Wendell L. Willkie, selections from One World

Spring Break

26 Case Study III: Indochina

William Duiker, Ho Chi Minh

April 2 North, South, East and West: The Cold War and Decolonization

Wm. Roger Louis and Ronald Robinson, "The Imperialism of Decolonization,"

Graham Greene, The Quiet American

9 Case Study IV: The Collapse of the Soviet Union

Stephen Kotkin, Averting Armageddon

16 Empires Without End? I: The Question of "Neo-Colonialism"

Peter Lyon, "The Emergence of the Third World"

John Chipman, French Power in Africa, chapter 7

Robert Gilpin, “Dependence and Economic Development”

23 Empires Without End? II: “The International Community” and the New Interventionism

Kimberly Zisk Marten, Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004)

Michael Ignatieff, Empire Lite: Nation Building in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan

30 Empires Without End? III: Is the United States an Empire?

Edward W. Said, Culture and Imperialism, 282-303

Niall Ferguson, selections from Colossus

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