Course Description
01:506:203 Histories of the Pacific
- Course Code: 01:506:203
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall
- SAS Core Certified: HST
- Academic Credits: 3
- Mode of Instruction: Lecture
Syllabus: Fall 2024
Syllabus Disclaimer: The information on this syllabus is subject to change. For up-to-date course information, please refer to the syllabus on your course site (Canvas, etc.) on the first day of class.
Course Description
China, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Samoa, Tahiti, Eastern Island as well as the coasts of North and South America are just a few of the places covered, along with the spice trade, pirates, galleons, naval warfare, colonial societies, and scientific exploration. This course is a survey of Pacific island peoples and cultures and their relations with East Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Americas from early navigators and settlers to the colonial and postcolonial eras of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Also traces modern histories including the Pacific War, the rise of Asian economies, nuclear testing, and global warming impacts.