HIST 248
The Caribbean: From Slavery to Independence
Fall 2014
Division II
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Cross-listed
AFR 248
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Class Details
This course explores the history of the Caribbean from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, focusing on a comparative approach to British, French, Spanish, and American rule in the region. It will concentrate on the history of Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Topics to be covered include: comparative slave systems; plantation economies; revolution, rebellion and resistance; voodoo and slave religions; indentured labor and intra-Caribbean migration; free persons of color, mulattoes, and West Indian color hierarchies; class and color; trade unionism; communism; the independence movements; the failed West Indies Federation, CARIFTA and CARICOM; Black Power; women in the contemporary Caribbean; migration; and the legacies of slavery and colonialism.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 25
Expected: 20
Class#: 1110
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Limit: 25
Expected: 20
Class#: 1110
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
evaluation will be based on class participation, a midterm and final examination, and a 10- to 12-page research paper
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis; not available for the Gaudino option
Prerequisites:
none; open to all
Enrollment Preferences:
Africana Studies concentrators; History majors
Distributions:
Division II
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
AFR 248 Division II HIST 248 Division II
AFR 248 Division II HIST 248 Division II
Attributes:
AFR Core Electives
HIST Group D Electives - Latin America + Caribbean
HIST Group G Electives - Global History
INST Latin American Studies Electives
LATS Countries of Origin + Transnationalism Elect
MAST Interdepartmental Electives
HIST Group D Electives - Latin America + Caribbean
HIST Group G Electives - Global History
INST Latin American Studies Electives
LATS Countries of Origin + Transnationalism Elect
MAST Interdepartmental Electives
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HIST 248 - 01 (F) SEM The Caribbean
HIST 248 - 01 (F) SEM The CaribbeanDivision II Exploring Diversity InitiativeShanti M. SinghamMR 1:10 pm - 2:25 pm
Schapiro Hall 1371110
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