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Course Catalog 01/02

Business Adm and Social Science
IES641 Postkolonial History 7.5 ECTS credits
TIMEPERIOD: III LANGUAGE:English/Swedish EXAMINER Bert Mårald Univ lekt PREREQUISITES General entrance requirements. COURSE AIM The aims of the course are that students acquire knowledge of colonial powers, colonial peoples, different cultural heritages, globalisation and multiculture. CONTENTS Global modern history from a non-European perspective. This course will focus on the historical development in modern time in North America, Latin America, South Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Australia and New Zealand. Emphasis is placed on the postcolonial period and the construction of a national identity. Lectures, discussions and prescribed texts will be in English, and it is an advantage if the course participants represent different countries and cultures. TEACHING The teaching will consist of lectures, lessons, seminars and group work. The language used in teaching is English. EXAMINATION Written and oral examination, individually and in groups. Grades: Fail. Pass, Pass with Honour. COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, G, VG ITEMS/CREDITS
Written exam	3.00ECTS
Oral exam - North America, Australia, New Zeeland	3.00ECTS
Oral exam - Survey of theoretical concepts	1.50ECTS
COURSE LITERATURE ITEM 1 Kiernas, V G (1998). Colonial Empires and Colonies 1815-1960. Montreal Mc. Gill. ITEM 2 Goldfield, M (1997). The Color of Politics. Race and the mainspring of American Politics. New York. The New Press. Bumstead, J M (1998). A History of the Canadian Peoples. Oxford Univ. Press. ITEM 3 Bauman, Zygmunt (1998). Globalization, The Human Consequences. Wolpert, S (1997). A New History of India. Oxford Univ. Press.

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