21H.443 十九至二十世紀的歐洲帝國主義（2006年春季）
21H.443 European Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Spring 2006
譯者：黃永樂
編輯：陳盈、馬景文
1900年，恢復和保衛英國在南非的特權。（本圖片由美國國會圖書館印品與照片部提供。複製號碼為LC-USZ62-78556。）
課程重點
課程描述
從夏威夷種植的菠蘿（鳳梨）到印度外包的英語傳呼中心，“帝國主義時代”的遺產出現在現代世界每個角落。本課程探尋19世紀40年代至20世紀60年代的歐洲帝國主義在政治、經濟及文化方面的歷史。
教學大綱
從夏威夷種植的菠蘿（鳳梨）到印外包度的英語傳呼中心，“帝國主義時代”的遺產出現在現代世界每個角落。本課程探尋19世紀40年代至20世紀60年代的歐洲帝國主義在政治、經濟及文化方面的歷史。本課程主要講述帝國主義在歐洲社會的地位，也會穿插非洲、印度和亞洲的個案研究及反敘述，提供異於歐洲人的經歷和視角。在這個學期，我們會討論一些話題，諸如帝國擴張的理論，“科學”種族主義的出現，作為民族認同基礎的帝國神話，殖民意識形態中的社會階級和性別的角色，殖民統治的經濟、社會及環境影響，去殖民化背後的力量、後殖民世界的全球化。課程有一系列的文本和視頻資料，從歷史著作到歷史檔案，從小說到電影。
課程要求
本學期會有隨堂、閉卷的期末考試。另外，還有3篇小報告（5－6頁），分別在第9、18、24堂課交。上半學期還有2次地圖測驗，會計入課堂討論的分數。我想強調，課堂上的閱讀討論是本課程重要的部分。討論參與佔總成績的20%。
評分
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3篇報告Three Papers |
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討論Discussion |
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期末考試Final Exam |
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教學時程
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課程單元 |
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導論 Introduction |
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重商帝國的衰落：1492年至19世紀初 The Decline of the Mercantilist Empires: From 1492 to the Early 19th Century |
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帝國主義的經典理論 Classic Theories of Imperialism （第1次地圖測驗：世界地圖） |
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英屬印度的建立和新帝國主義的根源 The Foundation of "British" India, and the Roots of a New Imperialism |
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從“約翰公司”到1857年暴動 From "John Company" to the Mutiny of 1857 （譯註：“約翰公司”即“不列顛東印度公司British East India Company”，簡稱BEIC） |
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改變經濟理性：從“自由貿易”到鴉片戰爭 Shifting Economic Rationales: From "Free Trade" to Opium Wars |
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對異國異民的（新）認識 (New) Views of Exotic Lands and Exotic "Others" |
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繪製新地形圖：發現“最黑暗的非洲” Charting New Terrain: Discovering "Darkest Africa" |
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人種學和“種族科學” Ethnography and "Race Science" |
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帝國和“文明開化”使命 Imperial and "Civilizing" Missions |
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討論：Mike Davis《維克多利亞時代末期的大屠殺》Late Victorian Holocausts（2002） （交第1篇報告） |
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瓜分世界 Partitioning the World |
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從“大賽局”到爭奪非洲 From the Great Game to the Scramble for Africa |
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柏林會議：強權政治與地圖幻想 The Berlin Conference: Power-Politics and Map Fantasies （第2次地圖測驗：非洲地圖） |
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暴力 Violence |
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第一次殖民戰爭：征服非洲、布爾戰爭、義和團起義 Colonial Warfare I: Conquest of Africa, Boer War, Boxer Uprising |
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比利時屬剛果和德屬西南非的種族滅絕 Genocides in the Belgian Congo and German South-West Africa |
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宗主國的帝國 Empire in the Metropole |
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帝國國家出現 The Imperial Nation on Display |
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帝國的陽剛與陰柔 Imperial Masculinities and Femininities |
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殖民地改革的個案研究 Case Studies of Transformation in the Colonies |
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夏威夷 Hawaii |
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討論：Ferdinand Oyono著《男僕》Houseboy （譯註：Houseboy是日記形式小說，作者是非洲人，1956年時用法文寫成小說，1966年譯成英文。） |
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討論：George Orwell《緬甸歲月》Burmese Days （交第2篇報告） |
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有關發展的敘述（和反敘述） Narratives (and Counter-Narratives) of Development |
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第一次世界大戰 The First World War |
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殖民經濟學和“現代化” Colonial Economics and "Modernization" |
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帝國的衰落 Twilight of Empire |
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第二次世界大戰中的帝國 Empire in the Second World War |
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新的世界秩序？從蘇伊士危機到越南 A New World Order? From the Suez Crisis to Vietnam |
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亞洲和非洲的去殖民化 Decolonization in Asia and Africa |
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去殖民化Decolonization |
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新精英份子的獨立民族主義 Independent Nationalism of the New Elites （交最後1篇報告：關於Fanon） |
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新帝國主義？ New Imperialisms? |
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“全球化”的新殖民主義？ The Neo-Colonialism of "Globalization"? |
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新美利堅帝國？ The New American Empire? |
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期末考試周 Final Exam Week |
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必備教科書
Cook, Scott《帝國主義盛世的殖民遭遇》Colonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism. New York, NY: Talman, 1996. ISBN: 1886746621.
Davis, Mike《維多利亞末期的大屠殺：聖嬰餓荒和第三世界形成》Late Victorian Holocausts：El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World. New York, NY: Verso, 2002. ISBN: 1859843824.
Oyono, Ferdinand《男僕》 Houseboy. London, UK: Heinemann, 1960, and 1990. ISBN: 0435905325.
奧威爾Orwell, George.《緬甸歲月》Burmese Days. New York, NY: Harper & brothers, 1934.
《緬甸歲月》李锋 译，南京大学出版社，2007年
葛林Greene, Graham.《沉靜的美國人》The Quiet American. New York, NY: Viking Press, 1956, and 1955.
《沉靜的美國人》徐嘉俊譯，時報文化出版社，2001年，ISBN：957133443X
Fanon, Franz.《地球上的不幸者》The Wretched of the Earth. New York, NY: Grove Press, 1963. ISBN: 080215083.
按課程單元劃分的閱讀資料
1 導論Introduction
（沒有閱讀資料）
2 重商帝國的衰落：1492年至19世紀初The Decline of the Mercantilist Empires: From 1492 to the Early 19th Century
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3 帝國主義的經典理論Classic Theories of Imperialism
吉卜林Kipling, Rudyard.〈白人的負擔〉"The White Man's Burden."《詩歌》Verse. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1899, pp. 321-323. （英語文本）（不成熟的中譯本）
Rose, J. Holland.《歐洲國家的發展，1870－1900》The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1900. London, UK: Constable, 1905, pp. 508-512.
Hobson, John A. 〈帝國主義〉 "Imperialism."《帝國主義研究》Imperialism: A Study. New York, NY: Harper-Collins, 1902, pp. 14-20. （《帝国主义》纪明译，上海人民出版社，1964年）
列寧Lenin, V. I. 〈帝國主義，資本主義的最高階段〉"Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism." In 《選集》Selected Works. Moscow, Russia: Progress, 1975 (originally, 1916), pp. 36-51. （中譯本）
奧威爾Orwell, George. 《獵象記》"Shooting an Elephant." 1936.（英語原文）
英屬印度的建立和新帝國主義的根源The Foundation of "British" India, and the Roots of a New Imperialism
4 從“約翰公司”到1857年暴動From "John Company" to the Mutiny of 1857
Harlow, Barbara, and Mia Carter.〈Nabob Nudjum-Ul-Dowlah和約翰公司之間的協議〉"Agreement between the Nabob Nudjum-Ul-Dowlah and the Company (1765)." 《帝國檔案》Archives of Empire. Vol I. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 25-7. ISBN: 0822331640.（英語原文）
——〈Hastings, Burke和Macauley彈劾Warren Hastings的文件〉"Documents from the impeachment of Warren Hastings (Hastings, Burke, Macauley)." Archives of Empire《帝國檔案》 Vol I. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 131-166. ISBN: 0822331640. （Macauley彈劾Hastings的英語原文1, 2）
5 改變經濟理性：從“自由貿易”到鴉片戰爭Shifting Economic Rationales: From "Free Trade" to Opium Wars
亞當·斯密Smith, Adam. 〈美國和東印度〉"America and the East Indies." 《國富論》Wealth of Nations. 1776. （編註：建議閱讀中譯本〈第四篇：論政治經濟學體系〉）
Harlow, Barbara, and Mia Carter. 〈Macauley為東印度公司的辯護〉"Macauley's defense of the East India Company." 《帝國檔案》Archives of Empire. Vol I. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 54-8 and 95-106. ISBN: 0822331640.
對異國異民的（新）認識 (New) Views of Exotic Lands and Exotic "Others"
6 繪製新地形圖：發現“最黑暗的非洲”Charting New Terrain: Discovering "Darkest Africa"
Harlow, Barbara, and Mia Carter.《帝國檔案》Archives of Empire. Vol II. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 253-300. ISBN: 0822331640. (Excerpts from Livingston and Stanley.) （有關Livingston和Stanley的摘錄）
7 人種學和“種族科學”Ethnography and "Race Science"
Harlow, Barbara, and Mia Carter. "Charles Darwin《人類的由來》The Descent of Man (1871)," "Robert Knox《人類的種族》The Races of Man (1850) and "James Redfield《比較人相學》"Comparative Physiognomy" (1852)." 於《帝國檔案》Archives of Empire, Vol II. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003. ISBN: 0822331640, pp. 153-177.（選章）
Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871) （英語原文）
James Redfield, Comparative Physiognomy (1852)（英語原文）
8 帝國和“文明開化”使命Imperial and "Civilizing" Missions
Harlow, Barbara, and Mia Carter〈Macauley：印度教育備忘錄〉（1835） "Macauley, "Minute on Indian Education" (1835)." 於《帝國檔案》Archives of Empire. Vol I. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 54-8, 95-106, and 227-238. ISBN: 0822331640. （英語原文）
Cook, Scott〈英屬印度的意識形態衝突〉"Conflicting Ideologies in British India." In《帝國主義盛世的殖民遭遇》Colonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism. New York, NY: Talman, 1996, pp. 113-143. ISBN: 1886746621.
瓜分世界Partitioning the World
10 從“大賽局”到爭奪非洲From the Great Game to the Scramble for Africa
Cook, Scott.《帝國主義盛世的殖民遭遇》Colonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism. New York, NY: Talman, 1996, pp. 1-28. ISBN: 1886746621.
11 柏林會議：強權政治與地圖幻想The Berlin Conference: Power-Politics and Map Fantasies
Harlow, Barbara, and Mia Carter《帝國檔案》Archives of Empire. Vol II. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 13-81. ISBN: 0822331640.（文獻和地圖）
暴力Violence
12 第一次殖民戰爭：征服非洲、布爾戰爭、義和團起義Colonial Warfare I: Conquest of Africa, Boer War, Boxer Uprising
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13 比利時屬剛果和德屬西南非的種族滅絕Genocides in the Belgian Congo and German South-West Africa
Cook, Scott.《帝國主義盛世的殖民遭遇》Colonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism. New York, NY: Talman, 1996, pp. 33-70. ISBN: 1886746621.
Hochschild, Adam.《利奧波德皇帝的幽魂》 King Leopold's Ghost. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1998, chapter 8. ISBN: 0395759242.（節選）
Cocker, Mark.〈西南部的德國人〉"The Germans in Southwest" 《血流成河，財源滾滾》Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold. New York, NY: Grove Press, 1998, pp. 269-370. ISBN: 0802116663.
宗主國的帝國Empire in the Metropole
14 帝國國家出現The Imperial Nation on Display
Corbey, Raymond〈民族誌展覽，1870-1930年〉"Ethnographic Showcases, 1870-1930."《文化人類學》Cultural Anthropology 8, no. 3 (1993): 338-369.
Ramamurthy, Anandi.《帝國之鞭》Imperial Persuaders. New York, NY: Pelgrave, 2003. ISBN: 0719063795. （節選）
Ciarlo, David.〈消滅種族，展望帝國〉"Consuming Race, Envisioning Empire." 博士學位論文, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2003. （節選）
15 帝國的陽剛與陰柔Imperial Masculinities and Femininities
Judd, Denis.〈喀土穆的戈登：帝國烈士的產生〉"Gordon Of Khartoum: The Making Of An Imperial Martyr."《今日歷史》 History Today 35 (1985): 19-25.
Cook, Scott.《帝國主義盛世的殖民遭遇》Colonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism. New York, NY: Talman, 1996, pp. 146-156. ISBN: 1886746621.
殖民地改革的個案研究Case Studies of Transformation in the Colonies
16 夏威夷Hawaii
Cook, Scott.〈天定命運的島嶼〉"Islands of Manifest Destiny."《帝國主義盛世的殖民遭遇》Colonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism. New York, NY: Talman, 1996, pp. 73-101. ISBN: 1886746621.
有關發展的敘述（和反敘述）Narratives (and Counter-Narratives) of Development
19 第一次世界大戰The First World War
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20 殖民經濟學和“現代化”Colonial Economics and "Modernization"
Duignan, Peter, and L. H. Gann.〈殖民者的經濟功績：評價〉"Economic Achievements of the Colonizers: An Assessment."見Peter Duignan和L. H. Gann合編《1870－1960的非洲殖民主義》Colonialism in Africa 1870-1960. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1975. ISBN: 0521073731.
Cooper, Frederick〈殖民時代〉"Colonizing Time." 於Nicholas Dirks編輯《殖民主義與文化》Colonialism and Culture. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1992. ISBN: 0472064347.
帝國的衰落Twilight of Empire
21 第二次世界大戰中的帝國Empire in the Second World War
（沒有閱讀資料）
22 新的世界秩序？從蘇伊士危機到越南A New World Order? From the Suez Crisis to Vietnam
Greene, Graham《沉靜的美國人》The Quiet American. New York, NY: Viking Press, 1956, 1955.
亞洲和非洲的去殖民化Decolonization in Asia and Africa
23 去殖民化Decolonization
Cooper, Frederick.〈去殖民化的辯證法：戰後法屬非洲的民族主義和勞工運動〉"The Dialectics of Decolonization: Nationalism and Labor Movements in Postwar French Africa." 見Frederick Cooper和Ann Laura Stoler合編《帝國的壓力》Tensions of Empire. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1997, pp. 406-435. ISBN: 0520206053.
24 新精英份子的獨立民族主義Independent Nationalism of the New Elites
法農Fanon, Franz.《地球上的不幸者》The Wretched of the Earth. New York, NY: Grove Press, 1963. ISBN: 0802150837.
新帝國主義？New Imperialisms?
25 “全球化”的新殖民主義？The Neo-Colonialism of "Globalization"?
（沒有閱讀資料）
26 新美利堅帝國？The New American Empire?
Kaplan, Robert D. 〈秘密的霸權〉 "Supremacy by Stealth." in 《大西洋月刊》The Atlantic Monthly 292, no. 1 (July/August 2003): 66-83.
寫1篇5至6頁的報告，論述以下其中一個問題。
- 利奧波德（二世）的“剛果自由邦”或德屬西南非地區的暴行是否可（或應該）被視為“種族滅絕”？為什麼是，或為什麼不是？（你的報告最好重點論述這兩種情況中的一種。）
- “帝國主義”在婦女權利發展過程中是進步力量還是退步力量？（你的報告應該圍繞Antoinette Burton的《歷史的負擔》和Scott Cook的《帝國遭遇》這兩本著作的爭論展開論述。）
- 就以下一部電影寫1篇歷史分析：《印度之行A Passage to India》（1984，163分鐘）或《喀土穆Khartoum》（1966，134分鐘）。（注意：關於電影的歷史分析的寫作很需要技巧，而且要求不止1次觀看該電影：用1段來簡述電影情節，報告的其他部分應該包括以下話題，例如人物性格、衝突、有關該電影的“論點”（或立場），以及其歷史準確性，運用我們的課堂閱讀作為比較分析和歷史評估的資料。（Cook，或者Burton，甚至是吉卜林的著作對分析《印度之行》有幫助；《今日歷史》關於戈登的文章則對分析《咯土穆》有用。）
一定要完整引用所有資料的來源，包括課堂閱讀材料，任何參考的網頁、評論、在線百科全書等等的資料。另外，一定要有標題（但不需要單獨的標題頁），頁碼，並用標準1英寸頁邊距。（Word軟件的默認值是1.25英寸。）
期末寫作作業
上課前交期末寫作作業
寫1篇8至10頁的評論（10頁是絕對上限），著重論述以下其中一個問題。
這篇報告不需要（也不推薦）去研究我們課堂內的閱讀材料和討論話題之外的資料。但是，如果你參考了其他資料（包括網頁、在線百科全書，等等），必須完整引用。另外，一定要仔細校對報告，注明標題（但不需要單獨的標題頁），頁碼，並（設法）使用標準1英寸頁邊距。
最後1篇報告的主題
- 19世紀的歐洲帝國主義本質上是否政治、經濟或社會文化的現象？
- 以下的圖片是非洲地圖，還是歐洲地圖？解釋說明。
（A. Silva White的《非洲陸地的比較價值》Comparative Value of African Lands報告六。國際地理學大會，倫敦，1895年。由於版權原因移除了該圖片。）
（中譯本完）
(Picture caption) Restoration and defense of British liberty in South Africa, 1900. (Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [reproduction number, LC-USZ62-78556 (b&w film copy neg.)])
Course Highlights
This course features sample writing assignments and a detailed reading list.
Course Description
From pineapples grown in Hawaii to English-speaking call centers outsourced to India, the legacy of the "Age of Imperialism" appears everywhere in our modern world. This class explores the history of European imperialism in its political, economic, and cultural dimensions from the 1840s through the 1960s.
Syllabus
European Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries
From pineapples grown in Hawaii to English-speaking call centers outsourced to India, the legacy of the "Age of Imperialism" appears everywhere in our modern world. This class explores the history of European imperialism in its political, economic, and cultural dimensions from the 1840s through the 1960s. While much of the class will focus on the place of imperialism in European society, we will also engage with case-studies and counter-narratives from Africa, India, and Asia, which offer experiences and perspectives that contrast vividly with those of the Europeans. Over the course of the semester, we will address such topics as the theories of imperial expansion; the rise of "scientific" racism; the myths of empire as elements of national identities; the role of social class and gender in colonial ideologies; the economic, social, and environmental impact of colonial rule; the forces behind decolonization; and globalization in the post-colonial world. The subject engages with a range of textual and visual sources, from historical writing to documents, from fiction to film.
Course Requirements
There will be an in-class, closed-book final exam. In addition, there will be three short papers (5-6 pages in length), due at Lec #9, Lec #18, and Lec #24. There will also be two map quizzes in the first half of the semester, which will be factored into the discussion grade. I want to emphasize here that the discussion of readings in class will be a significant part of this class. Participation in discussions will count for 20% of the final grade.
Grading
| ACTIVITIES | PERCENTAGES |
|---|---|
| Three Papers | 60% (20% each) |
| Discussion | 20% |
| Final Exam | 20% |
Please note: plagiarism of any kind - that is taking another's words and/or ideas from a book, another student, or from the internet without full and complete citation - will not be tolerated regardless of the circumstances, and will result in an "F" for the final class grade.
Calendar
| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | The Decline of the Mercantilist Empires: From 1492 to the Early 19th Century | |
| 3 | Classic Theories of Imperialism | First map quiz: The World |
| The Foundation of "British" India, and the Roots of a New Imperialism | ||
| 4 | From "John Company" to the Mutiny of 1857 | |
| 5 | Shifting Economic Rationales: From "Free Trade" to Opium Wars | |
| (New) Views of Exotic Lands and Exotic "Others" | ||
| 6 | Charting New Terrain: Discovering "Darkest Africa" | |
| 7 | Ethnography and "Race Science" | |
| 8 | Imperial and "Civilizing" Missions | |
| 9 | Discussion: Mike Davis, Late Victorian Holocausts (2002) | First paper due |
| Partitioning the World | ||
| 10 | From the Great Game to the Scramble for Africa | |
| 11 | The Berlin Conference: Power-Politics and Map Fantasies | Second map quiz: Africa |
| Violence | ||
| 12 | Colonial Warfare I: Conquest of Africa, Boer War, Boxer Uprising | |
| 13 | Genocides in the Belgian Congo and German South-West Africa | |
| Empire in the Metropole | ||
| 14 | The Imperial Nation on Display | |
| 15 | Imperial Masculinities and Femininities | |
| Case Studies of Transformation in the Colonies | ||
| 16 | Hawaii | |
| 17 | Discussion: Ferdinand Oyono, Houseboy | |
| 18 | Discussion: George Orwell, Burmese Days | Second paper due |
| Narratives (and Counter-Narratives) of Development | ||
| 19 | The First World War | |
| 20 | Colonial Economics and "Modernization" | |
| Twilight of Empire | ||
| 21 | Empire in the Second World War | |
| 22 | A New World Order? From the Suez Crisis to Vietnam | |
| Decolonization in Asia and Africa | ||
| 23 | Decolonization | |
| 24 | Independent Nationalism of the New Elites | Final paper due (on Fanon) |
| New Imperialisms? | ||
| 25 | The Neo-Colonialism of "Globalization"? | |
| 26 | The New American Empire? | |
| Final Exam Week | ||
Readings
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Required Texts
Cook, Scott. Colonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism. New York, NY: Talman, 1996. ISBN: 9781886746626.
Davis, Mike. Late Victorian Holocausts. New York, NY: Verso, 2002. ISBN: 9781859843826.
Oyono, Ferdinand. Houseboy. London, UK: Heinemann, 1960, and 1991. ISBN: 9780435905323.
Orwell, George. Burmese Days. New York, NY: Harper & brothers, 1934.
Greene, Graham. The Quiet American. New York, NY: Viking Press, 1956, and 1955.
Fanon, Franz. The Wretched of the Earth. New York, NY: Grove Press, 1963. ISBN: 080215083.
Readings by Session
| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | The Decline of the Mercantilist Empires: From 1492 to the Early 19th Century | |
| 3 | Classic Theories of Imperialism | Kipling, Rudyard. "The White Man's Burden." In Verse. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1899, pp. 321-323. Rose, J. Holland. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1900. London, UK: Constable, 1905, pp. 508-512. Hobson, John A. "Imperialism." In Imperialism: A Study. New York, NY: Harper-Collins, 1902, pp. 14-20. Lenin, V. I. "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism." In Selected Works. Moscow, Russia: Progress, 1975 (originally, 1916), pp. 36-51. Orwell, George. "Shooting an Elephant." 1936. (A version of Orwell's essay, "Shooting an Elephant" is available from The University of Newcastle, Austrailia.) |
| The Foundation of "British" India, and the Roots of a New Imperialism | ||
| 4 | From "John Company" to the Mutiny of 1857 | Harlow, Barbara, and Mia Carter. "Agreement between the Nabob Nudjum-Ul-Dowlah and the Company (1765)." Archives of Empire. Vol I. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 25-7. ISBN: 9780822331643. ———. "Documents from the impeachment of Warren Hastings (Hastings, Burke, Macauley)." Archives of Empire. Vol I. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 131-166. ISBN: 9780822331643. |
| 5 | Shifting Economic Rationales: From "Free Trade" to Opium Wars | Smith, Adam. "America and the East Indies." In Wealth of Nations. 1776. Harlow, Barbara, and Mia Carter. "Macauley's defense of the East India Company." Archives of Empire. Vol I. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 54-8 and 95-106. ISBN: 9780822331643. |
| (New) Views of Exotic Lands and Exotic "Others" | ||
| 6 | Charting New Terrain: Discovering "Darkest Africa" | Harlow, Barbara, and Mia Carter. Archives of Empire. Vol II. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 253-300. ISBN: 9780822331643. (Excerpts from Livingston and Stanley.) |
| 7 | Ethnography and "Race Science" | Harlow, Barbara, and Mia Carter. "Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871)," "Robert Knox, The Races of Man (1850)," and "James Redfield, "Comparative Physiognomy" (1852)." In Archives of Empire, Vol II. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780822331643, pp. 153-177. (Excerpts) |
| 8 | Imperial and "Civilizing" Missions | Harlow, Barbara, and Mia Carter. "Macauley, "Minute on Indian Education" (1835)." In Archives of Empire. Vol I. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 54-8, 95-106, and 227-238. ISBN: 9780822331643. Cook, Scott. "Conflicting Ideologies in British India." In Colonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism. New York, NY: Talman, 1996, pp. 113-143. ISBN: 9781886746626. |
| 9 | Discussion: Mike Davis, Late Victorian Holocausts (2002) | Davis, Mike. Late Victorian Holocausts. New York, NY: Verso, 2002. ISBN: 9781859843826. |
| Partitioning the World | ||
| 10 | From the Great Game to the Scramble for Africa | Cook, Scott. Colonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism. New York, NY: Talman, 1996, pp. 1-28. ISBN: 9781886746626. |
| 11 | The Berlin Conference: Power-Politics and Map Fantasies | Harlow, Barbara, and Mia Carter. Archives of Empire. Vol II. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 13-81. ISBN: 9780822331643. (Documents and maps.) |
| Violence | ||
| 12 | Colonial Warfare I: Conquest of Africa, Boer War, Boxer Uprising | |
| 13 | Genocides in the Belgian Congo and German South-West Africa | Cook, Scott. Colonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism. New York, NY: Talman, 1996, pp. 33-70. ISBN: 9781886746626. Hochschild, Adam. King Leopold's Ghost. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1998, chapter 8. ISBN: 9780395759240. (Excerpt) Cocker, Mark. "The Germans in Southwest" In Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold. New York, NY: Grove Press, 2000, pp. 269-370. ISBN: 9780802116666. (Excerpt) |
| Empire in the Metropole | ||
| 14 | The Imperial Nation on Display | Corbey, Raymond. "Ethnographic Showcases, 1870-1930." Cultural Anthropology 8, no. 3 (1993): 338-369. Ramamurthy, Anandi. Imperial Persuaders. New York, NY: Pelgrave, 2003. ISBN: 9780719063794. (Excerpt) Ciarlo, David. "Consuming Race, Envisioning Empire." PhD Dissertation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2003. (Excerpt) |
| 15 | Imperial Masculinities and Femininities | Judd, Denis. "Gordon Of Khartoum: The Making Of An Imperial Martyr." In History Today 35 (1985): 19-25. Cook, Scott. Colonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism. New York, NY: Talman, 1996, pp. 146-156. ISBN: 9781886746626. |
| Case Studies of Transformation in the Colonies | ||
| 16 | Hawai'i | Cook, Scott. "Islands of Manifest Destiny." In Colonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism. New York, NY: Talman, 1996, pp. 73-101. ISBN: 9781886746626. |
| 17 | Discussion: Ferdinand Oyono, Houseboy | Oyono, Ferdinand. Houseboy London. UK: Heinemann, 1991. ISBN: 9780435905323. |
| 18 | Discussion: George Orwell, Burmese Days | Orwell, George. Burmese Days. New York, NY: Harper & brothers, 1934. |
| Narratives (and Counter-Narratives) of Development | ||
| 19 | The First World War | |
| 20 | Colonial Economics and "Modernization" | Duignan, Peter, and L. H. Gann. "Economic Achievements of the Colonizers: An Assessment." In Colonialism in Africa 1870-1960. Edited by Peter Duignan and L. H. Gann. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1969. ISBN: 9780521073738. Cooper, Frederick. "Colonizing Time." In Colonialism and Culture. Edited by Nicholas Dirks. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1992. ISBN: 9780472064342. |
| Twilight of Empire | ||
| 21 | Empire in the Second World War | |
| 22 | A New World Order? From the Suez Crisis to Vietnam | Greene, Graham. The Quiet American. New York, NY: Viking Press, 1956, 1955. |
| Decolonization in Asia and Africa | ||
| 23 | Decolonization | Cooper, Frederick. "The Dialectics of Decolonization: Nationalism and Labor Movements in Postwar French Africa." In Tensions of Empire. Edited by Frederick Cooper and Ann Laura Stoler. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1997, pp. 406-435. ISBN: 9780520206052. |
| 24 | Independent Nationalism of the New Elites | Fanon, Franz. The Wretched of the Earth. New York, NY: Grove Press, 1965. ISBN: 9780802150837. |
| New Imperialisms? | ||
| 25 | The Neo-Colonialism of "Globalization"? | |
| 26 | The New American Empire? | Kaplan, Robert D. "Supremacy by Stealth." in The Atlantic Monthly 292, no. 1 (July/August 2003): 66-83. |
| Final Exam Week | ||
Assignments
Writing assignment examples are available for this course.
Second Writing Assignment
Second writing assignment due at the beginning of class.
Write a 5-6 page paper that makes an argument about one of the following questions.
- Can (or should) the atrocities in Leopold's "Congo Free State" or those in German South West Africa be considered a "genocide?" Why or why not? (It would probably be best to focus your paper on just one of the two situations.)
- Was "imperialism" a progressive or a regressive force in the development of women's rights? (You might center your paper around the arguments both in Antoinette Burton, Burden of History and Scott Cook's Imperial Encounters.)
- Write a historical analysis on either of the following films: A Passage to India (1984, 163 minutes) or Khartoum (1966, 134 minutes). (A word of caution: writing a historical analysis of a film can be tricky, and require more than one viewing: no more than one paragraph should sketch the plot of the film, and the remainder of the paper should address such topics as characterization, conflict, the "argument" (or stance) of the film, and its historical accuracy, using our class readings as sources of comparison and historical evaluation. (Cook, and perhaps Burton or even Kipling could be useful for A Passage to India; the History Today article on Gordon for Khartoum.)
Be sure to fully cite all sources, including class readings, and any desperation-induced recourse to websites, reviews, online encyclopedia entries, or the like. Also, be sure to include a title (although no separate title page is necessary), number your pages, and use standard 1-inch margins. Word's default is 1.25".)
Final Writing Assignment
Final writing assignment, due at the beginning of class.
Write an 8-10 page essay (10 page absolute upper limit) that makes an argument focusing on one of the questions below.
For this paper, no research outside of what we have read and discussed in class is necessary (nor recommended). However, if you do look at other sources (including websites, online encyclopedia entries, etc), be sure to cite them fully. Also be sure to proofread your paper carefully, include a title (although no separate title page is necessary), number your pages, and (try to) use standard (1") margins.
Final Paper Topics
- Was European imperialism in the 19th century in essence a political, economic, or social and cultural phenomenon?
- Is the picture below a map of Africa, or a map of Europe? Explain.
(Image of A. Silva White's Comparative Value of African Lands. Report, VI. International Geographical Congress, London, 1895, removed for copyright reasons.)
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