

A History of British India
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S1 AFL. 1 - Introduction to India
5 januari 201733min.Delve into core aspects of Indian culture that provide a rich background for the story of British rule. Grasp the key precepts of Hinduism, and the notions of dharma, karma, and samsara. Study the caste system, the features of Indian families and marriages, and explore how society and religion shape politics in India.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 2 - The Mughal Empire in 18th-Century India
5 januari 201733min.Examine the monumental empire of the Mughals, the Islamic rulers of India. Investigate how the Mughals governed through military skill, administrative brilliance, and religious tolerance. Look at the state of Indian society in the 18th century, and how changes in Mughal politics and economics laid the foundation for the British conquest of India.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 3 - Indian and British Economic Interests
5 januari 201732min.Here, explore further how the Indian subcontinent drifted toward colonialism. Observe how the "regionalization" of the Mughal Empire compromised the emperors' ability to govern. Take account of India's prominence within the broader global economy, and chart the rise of powerful banking families who played a critical role in the emergence of British rule.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 4 - British Expansion in India (1757 - 1820)
5 januari 201729min.Witness how the English East India Company, a trading organization, expanded its early footing in Bengal. Study the Company's extraordinary transformation, through military conquests, from a merchant venture into a political entity. Finally, follow the Company's expansion into other regions, employing the Mughal revenue system to tax India's agrarian countryside.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 5 - Knowing the Country: British Orientalism
5 januari 201731min.Learn how British scholars and administrators pursued knowledge of Indian culture, and how the early British colonials adapted to living within Indian society. Grasp the ways in which British romanticizing of India and misunderstanding of traditional customs had major consequences for colonial policy and the well-being of the Indian populace.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 6 - Race, Gender, and Culture (1750 - 1850)
5 januari 201731min.The opening up of India gave rise to a discourse on race that became central to the colonial relationship. Study British racial paradigms in Company-ruled India, which emphasized differences between Indians and the British to "justify" colonial rule. Also explore the British notion of masculinity and how it bolstered their self-perception as colonial masters.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 7 - The Age of Reform (1830 - 1850)
5 januari 201731min.Contemporary currents of thought in England affected the ways in which India was governed. Learn how utilitarianism and Christian evangelicalism undergirded attempts by the British to educate and "reform" India. Track the major changes in the economic relationship between Britain and India that contributed to the Great Uprising of 1857.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 8 - The Great Uprising (1857 - 1858)
5 januari 201728min.Study the accumulation of religious, economic, and political grievances against the East India Company that set the stage for the Great Uprising of 1857. Then witness the outbreak and bloody unfolding of the Uprising itself. Observe how the "mutiny" changed British attitudes toward India, and the way Britain governed it under the Raj.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 9 - Economics and Society under the Raj
5 januari 201730min.Examine the nature of the colonial economy, and trace economic decisions by the British that constrained the livelihoods of artisans and peasants. Assess the Raj's fiscal policy, which privileged British interests over public works. Observe how these policies affected the lives of millions who toiled to produce the wealth of the Raj.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 10 - Caste and Tribal Identity under Colonialism
5 januari 201729min.As a social institution, caste changed markedly under British colonial rule. First, examine how the British encountered caste and tried to understand it. Then see how caste became significantly linked with the colonial tax revenue system. Take account of the ways in which caste distinctions became more prominent, codified, and pervasive under colonialism.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 11 - The Nationalization of Hinduism (1870 - 1900)
5 januari 201732min.Discover how the broader traditions of Hinduism were affected by the colonial experience. Examine the theological assault on Hinduism by European Christian missionaries, and the responses of high-caste Hindus. Look at important Hindu reform movements, which sought to modernize Hinduism, and grasp how key currents of reformist thinking linked Hinduism with Indian nationhood.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 12 - Indian Muslim Identity and Colonial Rule
5 januari 201731min.Indian Islam underwent profound shifts under colonial rule. Investigate how the British codifying of Islamic law changed Indian Muslims' communal identity. See how the advent of English language and education, and the Indian census, distanced Muslims from Hindus. Lastly, assess how the Deobandi reform movement reinvented Indian Islam to ensure its survival.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 13 - The Late-19th-Century British Raj
5 januari 201730min.Study British racial attitudes toward Indians in the late 19th century and how these conceptions were manifested in the way India was governed. Learn about the officials who administrated the Raj, the Indian Civil Service, and the modernization of India. Grasp how all of these elements reflect the mindset of the British Raj.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 14 - Princely States and Royalist Relationships
5 januari 201730min.India's princely states played a crucial role in maintaining British power. Examine the history of the princely kingdoms, and why they remained separate from British-controlled territory. Follow how the British cultivated ties of loyalty with Indian princes and exerted "indirect rule." Explore the contradiction of a modernizing British Raj that supported feudal princes.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 15 - Indian Nationalism and the Freedom Struggle
5 januari 201732min.Analyze how a new generation of English-educated Indians spearheaded Indian nationalism. Trace the emergence of the Indian National Congress, which initially represented moderate nationalists, and observe how repressive British policies sowed anticolonial sentiment. Witness the strengthening of nationalist fervor, as it erupted into political extremism and violence in the early 20th century.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 16 - The Great War and Its Impact on India
5 januari 201730min.Examine the severe effects of the First World War on India's economy. Learn how both moderate and radical nationalists responded to the war to press for concessions and independence. Explore strains in the colonial relationship exposed by the war that made India ripe for the emergence of Mohandas Gandhi.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 17 - Gandhi's Moral-Political Philosophy
5 januari 201730min.Investigate Gandhi's early life and how he became a nationalist leader. Study the elements of his political philosophy, the political tools of ahimsa (no harm) and satyagraha (force of truth), and the forces of modernity and British rule that Gandhi critiqued. Finally, examine the 1919 event that thrust him onto the national stage.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 18 - The Noncooperation Movement
5 januari 201732min.Observe how Gandhi reorganized the Indian National Congress into a mass political machine, as witnessed in the Noncooperation Movement, where Indians boycotted the British on a national scale. Note how these actions and others exposed moral faults in the Raj, and track the Raj's counterstrategies that attempted to marginalize those nationalists seeking independence.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 19 - Indian Muslim Politics between the Wars
5 januari 201730min.Indian Muslim identity began to change in important ways in the 20th century. Study the impact on Indian Muslims of the First World War, and the resulting Muslim Khalifat Movement, which opposed Britain's war aims against the Ottoman Caliphate. See how Hindu/Muslim religious-political rivalries gave birth to the idea of Pakistan.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 20 - The Civil Disobedience Campaign
5 januari 201733min.Now examine the "second round" of Indian nationalist action against the British Raj. Witness the effects on India of the global economic depression after 1929, which triggered the Civil Disobedience Campaign, a massive boycotting of British goods, services, and institutions. Assess the Raj's countertactic of extending constitutional concessions to stem nationalist agitation.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 21 - Britain and Its Empire in the 1940s
5 januari 201731min.Witness how Britain's wartime mobilization alienated the Indian National Congress and took a horrific toll on the Indian poor. Study the resulting Quit India Movement, the largest uprising against the British since 1857, and the events of the war's aftermath that set the stage for the end of 200 years of colonial rule.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 22 - The Raj on Its Knees (1945 - 1947)
5 januari 201730min.Investigate the increasing levels of dissent, mutiny, and agrarian suffering and unrest that followed World War II. Chart the astonishing rise of the Muslim League after 1940, its presence in the negotiations for independence, and the League's actions in key provinces that sparked terrible communal violence in the Raj's final days.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 23 - A Split India: Negotiating Independence
5 januari 201731min.Examine the factors in Britain's decision to "quit" India. Take account of the final negotiations between the National Congress, the Muslim League, and the British, noting the contrasting visions of an independent India held by the Congress and the League. Grasp how Hindu-Muslim violence affected the ultimate partition of India and Pakistan.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 24 - Reflections on Postcolonial India
5 januari 201732min.Learn about the harrowing events following Partition, which saw widespread killings and the largest displacement of human populations in history. Assess what the events of 1947 meant for the Indian National Congress, Pakistanis, and the British. Finally, reflect on the lasting legacy of the British Raj and its rule of India.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopen
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