QC Economics

History Courses

HIST106: History of Latin America, 1825 to the Present
3 credits

Survey from the wars of independence to the present; special attention to political concepts, foreign imperialism, social and economic problems.

HIST145: Modern South Asia
3 credits

History of the Indian subcontinent in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The development of colonialism in India, anti-colonial movements, the partition of the subcontinent, the experience of women in colonial and post-colonial South Asia, the interplay between religion and national identity, and modern popular culture.

HIST222: Europe since 1945
3 credits

Western European recovery; the East European revolutions and the development of communist regimes; the Cold War and nuclear armament; the problems stemming from the end of colonial empires, population increase, and economic development.