Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Introduction to Modern India
Term
2023C
Subject area
SAST
Section number only
401
Section ID
SAST0001401
Course number integer
1
Meeting times
TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM
Meeting location
LLAB 109
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Ramya Sreenivasan
Description
This introductory course will provide an outline of major events and themes in Indian history, from the Mughal Empire in the 16th century to the re-emergence of India as a global player in the 21st century. The course will discuss the following themes: society and economy in Mughal India; global trade between India and the West in the 17th century; the rise of the English East India Company's control over Indian subcontinent in the 18th century; its emergence and transformation of India into a colonial economy; social and religious reform movements in the 19th century; the emergence of elite and popular anti-colonial nationalisms; independence and the partition of the subcontinent; the emergence of the world's largest democracy; the making of an Indian middle class; and the nuclearization of South Asia.
Course number only
0001
Cross listings
HIST0850401
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Cross Cultural Analysis
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No