HIST 137 (E-Z): Themes and Topics in African History

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours

Catalog page 300

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: A thematic and topical approach to the study of African history from the early Nile Valley civi- lizations to the twentieth century. Examines the tem- poral and spatial development of African societies— including their social, political, economic, and ideolog- ical systems—during the precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial periods. F. West African History to 1800; I. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Africa and European Imperialism; J. Ancient Africa; K. Africa from 1000-1880; M. Twentieth-Century Africa.

Cross-listing: Cross- listed with ETST 117 (E-Z).