The aim of this course is to give a comparative view of the history of empires and imperialism by exploring the imperial states in the Western and the non-Western world. The course focuses in particular on the part played by British as well as Japanese imperial states and populations in the making of the world in which we now live.
The British and Japanese forms of imperialism will be discussed and compared. This course undertakes an analysis of the historical evolution of imperialism since the late nineteenth century, as well as the economic and cultural consequences of imperial rule in the Third World and the forces contributing to the rise of nationalism and shaping the process of de-colonization from comparative and cultural perspective.
The British and Japanese forms of imperialism will be discussed and compared. This course undertakes an analysis of the historical evolution of imperialism since the late nineteenth century, as well as the economic and cultural consequences of imperial rule in the Third World and the forces contributing to the rise of nationalism and shaping the process of de-colonization from comparative and cultural perspective.