Further Information on Course Topics
Course Readings: All readings are available at the CU bookstore.
History Department guidelines: Writing Papers, Referencing Papers, and Conducting Online Research
Kim is on reserve at Norlin Library.
Map Quiz Study Guide: see also National Geographic's Xpeditions Atlas.
The British Empire in South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa (Aug 28)
Borderlands Characteristics I (Sep 2)
Borderlands Characteristics II (Sep 4)
Borderlands of Religion (Sep 9)
The Mughal Empire (Sep 11)
British Expansion (Sep 16)
Research Guidelines; Race in the Borderlands, Proposal Grading Guidelines, How to Do Well on this Paper (Sep 18)
Kipling and Kim (Sep 23)
Afghan Wars (Sep 25)
Roots of South Asian Nationalism (Sep 30)
South Asian Nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s; Finding Primary Sources (Oct 7)
Boundary-Making in the Middle East (Oct 14)
Pan-Islam; Midterm Map Terms (Oct 16)
Iraq (Oct 21)
Midterm Guidelines (Oct 23)
Palestine Mandate (1920s) (Oct 30)
Palestine Mandate (1930s) (Nov 4)
Society and Ethnicity in Africa (Nov 11)
The Scramble for Africa (Nov 13)
The Belgian Congo; Instructions for submitting papers to Turnitin.com (Nov 18)
Paper workshop; final paper guidelines (Nov 20)
Announcements (be aware of potential bias in outside sites)
If you're seeking primary sources, take a look at Empire Online (CU IP address required for access).
Listen to these recordings of Jinnah and Nehru's respective independence speeches.
If you're looking for primary sources, consider the online Times of London database (1785-1985)
Just for fun: sites about European and African tripoints
This dynamic map of empires in the Middle East shows the extent of the Ottoman empire (starting in 1700)
International News Outlets (be aware of potential bias in outside sites)
General: The Economist via Academic Search Premier (1990-present; CU IP address required)
UNDER CONSTRUCTION Course Topics (be aware of potential bias in outside sites)