NOTA BENE--THIS
IS THE SPRING 2004 VERSION OF HIST 4538
FOR CURRENT
SYLLABUS, CONTACT YOUR PROFESSOR
History 4538: History of Modern India
Professor Chester
Spring 2004
Syllabus
Selected
Primary Sources for the Study of Indian History at Norlin Library
Lecture Handouts
Course Readings
Announcements:
"Guidelines to Doing Well in this Course"
(coming soon)
"Guidelines to Doing Well on this Paper"
(coming soon)
Course Topics
South Asia News
Resources
Definitions
of Critical Thinking
Lecture Handouts
- Jan 13, 2004:
Map of
South Asia Today
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Jan 15, 2004:
Independent South Asia
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Jan 20, 2004:
Ancient
India
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Jan 22, 2004:
Map Quiz
Study Guide and
Medieval
India
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Jan 27, 2004:
The Mughal
Empire,
Excerpts from the Baburnama, and
Map of Mughal India
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Jan 29, 2004:
European
Inroads
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Feb 3, 2004:
Mughal
Disintegration and Rise of EIC
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Feb 5, 2004:
Consolidation of the EIC and Macaulay's Minute
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Feb 10, 2004:
The 1857
Uprising
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Feb 17, 2004:
Colonial
Systems of Control
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Feb 19, 2004:
Muslims
after the Uprising
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Feb 24, 2004:
Caste and
Class
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Feb 26, 2004:
Hindu
Revival and Reform
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Mar 2, 2004:
The Indian
National Congress and Early Indian Nationalism(s)
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Mar 4, 2004:
The
Partition of Bengal and the Division of Congress
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Mar 9, 2004:
The
Formation of the Muslim League and the Morley-Minto Reforms and
How
to Do Well on this Research Paper
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Mar 11, 2004:
The Impact
of World War One
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Mar 18, 2004:
The Rise
of Gandhi
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Apr 8, 2004:
Nationalist Leaders and the 1930s
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Apr 13, 2004:
The 1930s
and World War Two
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Apr 15, 2004:
World War
Two and Negotiations for Independence
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Apr 29, 2004:
Aftermath
of Partition
Selected topics covered in this course
Link to
Background Map, at UT's wonderful
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection