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Semester 1

India 1700 - 1947: Raj, Rebellion and Ryot (HIST10039)

Subject

History

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

3

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting students must have completed 3 History courses at grade B or above, and please note that we will only consider courses with a specific focus on History (not including History of Art) towards these pre-requisites. We will only consider University/College level courses. **Please see Additional Restrictions below**

Course Summary

An introduction to the history of South Asia from the late seventeenth century up to Independence from a 'post-orientalist' and 'subaltern' perspective.

Course Description

This course will provide an introduction to the modern history of South Asia from a 'post-orientalist' and 'subaltern' perspective. The focus will be on the new revisionist interpretations of late Mughal India, and on the effects of subsequent developments on the lives of ordinary Indians, including the impact of the advent of colonial rule over two-thirds of the subcontinent. The second half of the course will engage with the religious, cultural and socio- economic changes of the late colonial period and emergence of Indian nationalism. It will conclude with an examination of the holocaust of India's Partition, which apart from its death doll of one million, saw the largest single mass migration in human history. The Indian subcontinent is approximately the same size and equally, if not more, diverse than Europe and host to one of the world's oldest civilisations. It has also played a crucial role in premodern and modern history and today encompasses one fifth of humanity. The emphasis of this course will be on India culture and politics of the early modern and colonial period, integrating these where appropriate with the study of changes in the society and political economy. All of these elements will be examined with the emphasis on indigenous perspectives, illustrated wherever possible with documents, films and writing from within the subcontinent, and in the light of recent research. The course stands on its own but also provides a useful background for those intending to proceed to study the 4MA History course on Gandhi and Popular Movements in India or other senior honours courses addressing the history of the non-Western and non-European world.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

Unless you are nominated on a History or HCA exchange agreement, visiting students are only permitted to enrol in two 3rd year History courses each, per semester, before the start of the relevant semester’s welcome period – and spaces on each course are limited so cannot be guaranteed for any student. This includes courses in Economic History and Scottish History. Enrolment in a third course from this group will depend on whether there are still spaces available in the September Welcome Period, and cannot be guaranteed. It is NOT appropriate for students to contact staff within this subject area to ask for an exception to be made; all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. This is due to the limited number of spaces available in this very popular subject area.

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