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Year 4 History.
Credit points: 16.7 4th year
Coordinator: Dr Y Choueiri.
Contact: A 2-hour seminar per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Upon completion of this subject students will be familiar with the principal traditions in colonial and postcolonial theorising, particularly within the framework of historical materialism. Students will be able to apply a range of major theories to particular colonial situations of their choice.
Content:
This subject will examine a range of theories of imperialism, colonisation and world-systems, from classical Marxism to Dependency Theory, social formations theory and postcolonialism. Theories will be considered in relation to empirical colonial situations.
Assessment:
Written work amounting to no more than 6,000 words.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 108)
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