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HIST226 Contemporary World History

10 cp
Prerequisites 10 cp from 100-level units in History
Teaching Organisation Total of 36 hours of lectures and tutorials.

This unit will survey of the ethnic, social, political, religious, economic and technological forces which have shaped the contemporary world, with particular emphasis on the post-Second World war period. Students will examine such issues as the technological and green revolutions, the rise of nationalism and the break-up of European colonial empires in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, the emergence of the developing countries, urbanisation patterns throughout the world, ethnic and religious conflict, the rise of militant Islam and globalisation. Case studies will be used, such as Indo-China and the Middle East.

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