Topics in Caribbean History
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Overview
Subject area
HST
Catalog Number
722
Course Title
Topics in Caribbean History
Department(s)
Description
This course will focus on the period from Columbus's arrival in the Caribbean to the abolition of slavery in the 19th century. Among the topics that may be examined: the pre-Hispanic Caribbean Spanish contact with the Arawaks and Caribs, settlement and colonies, the Atlantic slave trade, "King Sugar", the world of Europeans and Euro-Caribbeans, the world of slaves, free persons of color, the Haitian Revolution, metropole-directed abolitionism, the Morant Bay Revolt, the emergence of Cuban nationalism.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Graduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Credits
Minimum Units
4
Maximum Units
4
Academic Progress Units
4
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
4
Requisites
018242