HIST 228 - The Caribbean: Conquest, Colonization, and Self-Determination (LAC)

Surveys Caribbean history from European conquest and colonization to political independence. It introduces students to the salient features of the region’s history from indigenous societies and their destruction by Europian invaders and the indigenous peoples; through the rise of plantations and African slavery, the struggles for freedom, post-slavery social and economic developments; to the rise of nationalism leading to political self-determination, and the new American imperialism. (LAC)

Credits: 1.00
Crosslisted: ALST 228
Corequisite: None
Prerequisites: None
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: No Senior
Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements

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