ASIAN 251L: South Asia & the India Ocean World

The Indian Ocean region includes Southern and Eastern Africa, the Persian Gulf, South Asia, and parts of Southeast Asia. This course will study the influence of South Asia in the creation of systems of state, and the circulation of goods, labor and capital through this region over two hundred years. This course satisfies the international diversity requirement through focus on the experiences of and interrelationships between participants in the production, trade and consumption of commodities, with a focus on national origin, social class, and the free and unfree and the intersections of these experiences, identities and conditions.