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Year 1 History.
Note: It is recommended that this subject be taken in conjunction with 131-117 Constructing National Identities: South Africa, Canada and Australia in a Postcolonial Age.
Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: Professor P Grimshaw, Associate Professor D Philips.
Contact: 3 hours per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject should be able to: understand key aspects of the colonising process in South Africa, Canada, Australia and New Zealand place the histories of these countries within a wider context of imperialism; understand the racial, ethnic and gendered components of settler nationalisms develop skills in comparative history.
Content:
The subject addresses the interaction of settlers and indigenous peoples in South Africa, Canada, Australia and New Zealand through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and examines the expropriation of the indigenous peoples' land and livelihoods by white settlers. Topics covered include: the contact between settlers and indigines - sometimes fierce conflict, sometimes accommodation, varying according to time and place; the methods used to exploit colonial land and labour; the political developments of the four colonial societies leading to federation/union with a high degree of independence from Imperial Britain, by the twentieth century.
Assessment:
Students will be assessed on one research essay of 2,500 words (50%), one review essay of 1,500 words (40%) and tutorial participation (10%).
Prescribed texts:
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2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p123) : Next:131-117 | Prev:131-115
Note: It is recommended that this subject be taken in conjunction with 131-117 Constructing National Identities: South Africa, Canada and Australia in a Postcolonial Age.
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Professor P Grimshaw, Associate Professor D Philips.
Contact: 3 hours each week.
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject should be able to: understand key aspects of the colonising process in South Africa, Canada, Australia and New Zealand place the histories of these countries within a wider context of imperialism; understand the racial, ethnic and gendered components of settler nationalisms develop skills in comparative history.
Content:
The subject addresses the interaction of settlers and indigenous peoples in South Africa, Canada, Australia and New Zealand through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and examines the expropriation of the indigenous peoples' land and livelihoods by white settlers. Topics covered include: the contact between settlers and indigines - sometimes fierce conflict, sometimes accommodation, varying according to time and place; the methods used to exploit colonial land and labour; the political developments of the four colonial societies leading to federation/union with a high degree of independence from Imperial Britain, by the twentieth century.
Assessment:
Students will be assessed on one research essay of 2,500 words (50 per cent); one review essay of 1,500 words (40 per cent) and tutorial participation (10 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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